2022 NAICS industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
31135 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing
NAICS 31135 is the US industry code for chocolate and confectionery manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing chocolate and chocolate confectioneries from cacao beans or (2) manufacturing chocolate confectioneries from chocolate produced elsewhere.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing chocolate and chocolate confectioneries from cacao beans or (2) manufacturing chocolate confectioneries from chocolate produced elsewhere. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in retailing chocolate confectionery products not for immediate consumption made on the premises from chocolate made elsewhere.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing, not for immediate consumption, nonchocolate confectioneries are classified in Industry 31134, Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing.
- Retailing confectioneries not for immediate consumption made elsewhere are classified in Industry 44529, Other Specialty Food Retailers.
- Preparing and selling confectioneries for immediate consumption are classified in Industry 72251, Restaurants and Other Eating Places.
Codes in 31135
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