311313 Beet Sugar Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing refined beet sugar from sugar beets.

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 raw cane sugar and/or refined cane sugar are classified in U.S. Industry 311314, Cane Sugar Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing corn sweeteners by wet milling corn are classified in U.S. Industry 311221, Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing table syrups from corn syrup are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.
• Reducing maple sap to maple syrup or maple sugar are classified in U.S. Industry 111998, All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming.
• Manufacturing synthetic sweeteners (i.e., sweetening agents), such as saccharin and sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweetener blended with other ingredients) are classified in Subsector 325, Chemical Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 311313

The Census index assigns these 15 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Beet pulp, dried, manufacturing
• Beet sugar refining
• Brown beet sugar refining
• Brown sugar made from beet sugar
• Confectioner's beet sugar manufacturing
• Granulated beet sugar manufacturing
• Liquid beet syrup manufacturing
• Liquid sugar made from beet sugar
• Molasses made from sugar beets
• Raw beet sugar manufacturing
• Sugar, confectionery, made from sugar beets
• Sugar, granulated, made from sugar beets
• Sugar, invert, made from sugar beets
• Sugar, liquid, made from sugar beets
• Syrup made from sugar beets

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311313

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311313, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,150 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: 1072), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10720Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 311314Cane Sugar Manufacturing