2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
311212 Rice Milling
NAICS 311212 is the US industry code for rice milling. This U.S.
- Code
- 311212 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Rice Milling
- Part of
- Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 750 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 10611, 10612 (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 one of the following: (1) milling rice; (2) cleaning and polishing rice; or (3) milling, cleaning, and polishing rice. The establishments in this industry may package the rice they mill with other ingredients.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Drying and/or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with purchased rice are classified in U.S. Industry 311423, Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing.
- Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated ingredients with purchased rice are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 311212
The Census index assigns these 16 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Bran and other residues of milling rice
- Brewers' rice manufacturing
- Cleaning and polishing rice
- Flour, rice, manufacturing
- Grain mills, rice
- Head rice manufacturing
- Milling rice
- Polished rice manufacturing
- Rice bran, flour, and meals, manufacturing
- Rice cleaning and polishing
- Rice flour manufacturing
- Rice meal manufacturing
- Rice milling
- Rice mixes (i.e., uncooked and packaged with other ingredients) made in rice mills
- Rice, brewer's, manufacturing
- Rice, brown, manufacturing
SBA size standard for 311212
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311212, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 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: 1061), 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.