111419 Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing food crops (except mushrooms) under glass or protective cover.

Examples Census gives

• Alfalfa sprout farming, grown under cover
• Melon farming, grown under cover
• Vegetable farming, grown under cover
• Hydroponic crop farming
• Fruit farming, grown under cover

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Establishments primarily engaged in growing mushrooms under cover are classified in U.S. Industry 111411, Mushroom Production.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 111419

The Census index assigns these 22 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Alfalfa sprout farming, grown under cover
• Bean sprout farming, grown under cover
• Cannabis, grown under cover
• Cucumber farming, grown under cover
• Eggplant farming, grown under cover
• Endive farming, grown under cover
• English pea farming, grown under cover
• Escarole farming, grown under cover
• Fruit farming, grown under cover
• Garlic farming, grown under cover
• Gingerroot farming, grown under cover
• Ginseng farming, grown under cover
• Hemp, grown under cover
• Herb farming, grown under cover
• Hydroponic crop farming
• Marijuana, grown under cover
• Melon farming, grown under cover
• Rhubarb, grown under cover
• Spice farming, grown under cover
• Tomato farming, grown under cover
• Truffles farming, grown under cover
• Vegetable farming, grown under cover

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 111419

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 111419, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $4.5 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 0113, 0122, 0128, 0322), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 01130Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubersUK SIC
• 01220Growing of tropical and subtropical fruitsUK SIC
• 01280Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical cropsUK SIC
• 03220Freshwater aquacultureUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 111411Mushroom Production