2022 NAICS national industry in sector 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
115114 Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)
NAICS 115114 is the US industry code for postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning). This U.S.
- Code
- 115114 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)
- Part of
- Support Activities for Crop Production
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $34 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 01630, 01640 (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 services on crops, subsequent to their harvest, with the intent of preparing them for market or further processing. These establishments provide postharvest activities, such as crop cleaning, sun drying, shelling, fumigating, curing, sorting, grading, packing, and cooling.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Ginning cotton are classified in U.S. Industry 115111, Cotton Ginning.
- Custom grain grinding for animal feed are classified in U.S. Industry 311119, Other Animal Food Manufacturing.
- Artificially drying and dehydrating fruits and vegetables are classified in U.S. Industry 311423, Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing.
- Stemming and redrying tobacco are classified in Industry 312230, Tobacco Manufacturing.
- Buying farm products for resale to other wholesalers or retailers and preparing them for market or further processing are classified in Industry 424480, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers.
- Providing farm management services (i.e., on a contract or fee basis) and arranging or contracting postharvesting crop activities for the farm(s) they manage are classified in U.S. Industry 115116, Farm Management Services.
Activities listed under 115114
The Census index assigns these 42 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Almond hulling and shelling
- Banana ripening
- Bean cleaning
- Corn drying
- Corn shelling
- Crop cleaning
- Decorticating flax
- Delinting cottonseed
- Filbert hulling and shelling
- Fruit precooling
- Fruit sorting, grading, and packing
- Fruit, sun drying
- Fruit, vacuum cooling
- Fumigating grain
- Grain cleaning
- Grain drying
- Grain fumigation
- Grain grinding (except custom grinding for animal feed)
- Hulling and shelling of nuts
- Irradiation of fruits and vegetables
- Nut hulling and shelling
- Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and vegetables
- Packing fruits and vegetables
- Peanut shelling
- Pecan hulling and shelling
- Potato curing
- Retting flax
- Rice drying
- Seed cleaning
- Seed processing, postharvest for propagation
- Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables
- Sun drying of dates, prunes, raisins, and olives
- Sun drying of fruits and vegetables
- Sun drying of tomatoes
- Sweet potato curing
- Tobacco grading
- Vegetable precooling
- Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing
- Vegetable sun drying
- Vegetable vacuum cooling
- Walnut hulling and shelling
- Waxing, fruits or vegetables
SBA size standard for 115114
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 115114, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $34 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: 0163, 0164), 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.