2022 NAICS national industry in sector 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
115112 Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
NAICS 115112 is the US industry code for soil preparation, planting, and cultivating. This U.S.
- Code
- 115112 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
- Part of
- Support Activities for Crop Production
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $9.5 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 01610 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing a soil preparation activity or crop production service, such as plowing, fertilizing, seed bed preparation, planting, cultivating, and crop protecting services.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Mulching and seeding burned forests from the air in support of reforestation or on an emergency basis are classified in Industry 115310, Support Activities for Forestry.
- Land clearing, land leveling, and earth moving for terracing, ponds, and irrigation are classified in Industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors.
- Providing water for irrigation are classified in Industry 221310, Water Supply and Irrigation Systems.
- Landscaping services, such as lawn and maintenance care and ornamental tree and shrub services are classified in Industry 561730, Landscaping Services.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 115112
The Census index assigns these 29 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Aerial crop dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft)
- Bracing of orchard trees and vines
- Chemical treatment of soil for crops
- Citrus grove cultivation services
- Crop dusting
- Crop spraying
- Cultivation services
- Detasseling corn
- Disease control for crops
- Dusting crops
- Entomological service, agricultural
- Fertilizer application for crops
- Hoeing
- Insect control for crops
- Orchard cultivation services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery)
- Pest control services, agricultural
- Planting crops
- Plowing
- Pollinating
- Pruning of orchard trees and vines
- Seed bed preparing
- Seeding crops
- Spraying crops
- Spreading lime for crops
- Surgery on trees and vines
- Thinning of crops, mechanical and chemical
- Transplanting services
- Vineyard cultivation services
- Weed control services for crops
SBA size standard for 115112
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 115112, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $9.5 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: 0161), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.