311351 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in shelling, roasting, and grinding cacao beans and making chocolate cacao products and chocolate confectioneries.

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, not for immediate consumption, chocolate confectioneries from chocolate made elsewhere are classified in U.S. Industry 311352, Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate.
• Manufacturing, not for immediate consumption, nonchocolate candies are classified in Industry 311340, Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing.
• Preparing and selling confectioneries for immediate consumption are classified in U.S. Industry 722515, Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars.
• Retailing confectioneries not for immediate consumption made elsewhere are classified in U.S. Industry 445292, Confectionery and Nut Retailers.

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

Activities listed under 311351

The Census index assigns these 17 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Baking chocolate made from cacao beans
• Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans
• Candy, chocolate, made from cacao beans
• Chocolate (e.g., coatings, instant, liquor, syrups) made from cacao beans
• Chocolate bars made from cocoa beans
• Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans
• Coatings, chocolate, made from cacao beans
• Cocoa (e.g., instant, mix, mixed with other ingredients, powder drink, powdered) made from cacao beans
• Cocoa butter made from cocoa beans
• Confectionery chocolate made from cacao beans
• Cooking chocolate made from cacao beans
• Drink powdered mixes, cocoa, made from cacao
• Fudge, chocolate, made from cacao beans
• Granola bars and clusters, chocolate, made from cacao beans
• Liquor, chocolate, made from cacao beans
• Nuts, chocolate covered, made from cacao beans
• Syrup, chocolate, made from cacao beans

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311351

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311351, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,250 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: 1073), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10730Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous productsUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

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