112990 All Other Animal Production

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) raising animals (except cattle, hogs and pigs, poultry, sheep and goats, aquaculture, apiculture, horses and other equines; and fur-bearing animals including rabbits) or (2) raising a combination of animals, with no one animal or family of animals accounting for one-half of the establishment's agricultural production (i.e., value of animals for market).

Examples Census gives

• Bird production (e.g., canaries, parakeets, parrots)
• Laboratory animal production (e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs)
• Deer production
• Combination animal farming (except dairy, poultry)
• Companion animals production (e.g., cats, dogs)
• Worm production
• Llama production

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:

• Raising cattle, dairy cattle, or feeding cattle for fattening are classified in Industry Group 1121, Cattle Ranching and Farming.
• Raising hogs and pigs are classified in Industry Group 1122, Hog and Pig Farming.
• Raising poultry and raising poultry for egg production are classified in Industry Group 1123, Poultry and Egg Production.
• Raising sheep and goats are classified in Industry Group 1124, Sheep and Goat Farming.
• Animal aquaculture are classified in Industry 11251, Aquaculture.
• Raising bees are classified in Industry 112910, Apiculture.
• Raising horses and other equines are classified in Industry 112920, Horses and Other Equine Production.
• Raising fur-bearing animals including rabbits are classified in Industry 112930, Fur-Bearing Animal and Rabbit Production.

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

Activities listed under 112990

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

• Alpaca production
• Aviaries (i.e., raising birds for sale)
• Bird production (e.g., canaries, love birds, parakeets, parrots)
• Bison production
• Breeding of butterflies
• Breeding of pets (e.g., birds, cats, dogs)
• Buffalo production
• Cat production
• Combination livestock farming (except dairy, poultry)
• Companion animals production (e.g., cats, dogs, parakeets, parrots)
• Cricket production
• Deer production
• Dog production
• Earthworm hatcheries
• Elk production
• General combination animal farming
• Kennels, breeding and raising stock for sale
• Laboratory animal production (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, rats)
• Llama production
• Raising swans, peacocks, flamingos, or other adornment birds
• Rattlesnake production
• Worm production

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 112990

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 112990, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $2.75 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: 0014, 0143, 0149, 0150), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 01430Raising of horses and other equinesUK SIC
• 01490Raising of other animalsUK SIC
• 01500Mixed farmingUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 112910Apiculture
• 112920Horses and Other Equine Production
• 112930Fur-Bearing Animal and Rabbit Production