311412 Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing frozen specialty foods (except seafood), such as frozen dinners, entrees, and side dishes; frozen pizza; frozen whipped topping; and frozen waffles, pancakes, and French toast.

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 frozen dairy specialties are classified in Industry 311520, Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing frozen bakery products are classified in U.S. Industry 311813, Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing frozen fruits, frozen fruit juices, and frozen vegetables are classified in U.S. Industry 311411, Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing frozen meat products are classified in Industry 31161, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
• Manufacturing frozen seafood products are classified in Industry 311710, Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging.

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

Activities listed under 311412

The Census index assigns these 23 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Chop suey, frozen, manufacturing
• Chow mein, frozen, manufacturing
• Dinners, frozen (except seafood-based), manufacturing
• French toast, frozen, manufacturing
• Frozen dinners (except seafood-based) manufacturing
• Frozen food entrees (except seafood-based), packaged, manufacturing
• Frozen pizza manufacturing
• Frozen pot pies manufacturing
• Frozen rice dishes manufacturing
• Frozen side dishes manufacturing
• Frozen soups (except seafood) manufacturing
• Frozen waffles manufacturing
• Macaroni, frozen, manufacturing
• Meatless patties, frozen, manufacturing
• Mexican foods, frozen, manufacturing
• Nationality specialty foods, frozen, manufacturing
• Pancakes, frozen, manufacturing
• Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing
• Pot pies, frozen, manufacturing
• Soups, frozen (except seafood), manufacturing
• Vegetable patties, frozen, manufacturing
• Waffles, frozen, manufacturing
• Whipped topping, frozen, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311412

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311412, 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: 1010, 1071, 1074, 1075, 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10710Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 311411Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing