311119 Other Animal Food Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing animal food (except dog and cat) from ingredients, such as grains, oilseed mill products, and meat products.

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:

• Manufacturing dog and cat foods are classified in U.S. Industry 311111, Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing.
• Slaughtering animals for feed are classified in Industry 31161, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
• Manufacturing vitamins and minerals for animals are classified in Industry 32541, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 311119

The Census index assigns these 42 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing
• Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals
• Alfalfa, cubed, manufacturing
• Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing
• Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing
• Barley feed, chopped, crushed or ground, manufacturing
• Bird feed, prepared, manufacturing
• Blending animal feed
• Bone meal prepared as feed for animals and fowls
• Cattle feeds, supplements, concentrates, and premixes, manufacturing
• Chicken feeds, prepared, manufacturing
• Citrus pulp, cattle feed, manufacturing
• Complete feed, livestock, manufacturing
• Custom milling of animal feed
• Dairy cattle feeds, supplements, concentrates, and premixes, manufacturing
• Earthworm food and bedding manufacturing
• Feed concentrates, animal, manufacturing
• Feed premixes, animal, manufacturing
• Feed supplements, animal (except cat, dog), manufacturing
• Feeds, prepared, for animals (except cat, dog) manufacturing
• Feeds, specialty (e.g., guinea pig, mice, mink), manufacturing
• Fish food for feeding fish manufacturing
• Grain grinding, custom, for animal feed
• Grain mills, animal feed
• Hay, cubed, manufacturing
• Kelp meal and pellets, animal feed manufacturing
• Laboratory animal feed manufacturing
• Livestock feeds, supplements, concentrates and premixes, manufacturing
• Meal, alfalfa, manufacturing
• Meal, bone, prepared as feed for animals and fowls, manufacturing
• Micro and macro premixes, livestock, manufacturing
• Mineral feed supplements (except cat, dog) manufacturing
• Mineral supplements, animal (except cat, dog), manufacturing
• Mobile feed mill
• Pet food (except cat, dog) manufacturing
• Poultry feeds, supplements, and concentrates manufacturing
• Rabbit food manufacturing
• Shell crushing and grinding for animal feed
• Shell crushing for feed
• Swine feed, complete, manufacturing
• Swine feed, supplements, concentrates, and premixes, manufacturing
• Turkey feeds, prepared, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311119

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311119, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 650 employees. 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: 1080), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10810Manufacture of sugarUK SIC
• 10821Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectioneryUK SIC
• 10822Manufacture of sugar confectioneryUK SIC
• 10831Tea processingUK SIC
• 10832Production of coffee and coffee substitutesUK SIC
• 10840Manufacture of condiments and seasoningsUK SIC
• 10850Manufacture of prepared meals and dishesUK SIC
• 10860Manufacture of homogenized food preparations and dietetic foodUK SIC
• 10890Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.UK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 311111Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing