311421 Fruit and Vegetable Canning

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing canned, pickled, and brined fruits and vegetables. Examples of products made in these establishments are canned juices; canned jams and jellies; canned tomato-based sauces, such as catsup, salsa, chili sauce, spaghetti sauce, barbeque sauce, and tomato paste; and pickles, relishes, and sauerkraut.

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 canned baby foods, canned soups (except seafood), and canned specialty foods (except seafood) are classified in U.S. Industry 311422, Specialty Canning.
• Manufacturing canned seafood soups and canned seafood products are classified in Industry 311710, Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging.
• Manufacturing canned meat products are classified in Industry 31161, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
• Manufacturing canned fruit and vegetable drinks, cocktails, and ades (except juices) are classified in U.S. Industry 312111, Soft Drink Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 311421

The Census index assigns these 41 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Artichokes, canned, manufacturing
• Barbecue sauce manufacturing
• Berries, canned, manufacturing
• Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing
• Brining of fruits and vegetables
• Canning fruits and vegetables
• Canning jams and jellies
• Catsup manufacturing
• Chili sauce manufacturing
• Fruit brining
• Fruit butters manufacturing
• Fruit juice canning
• Fruit juices, fresh, manufacturing
• Fruit pickling
• Fruit pie fillings, canning
• Fruits pickling
• Fruits, canned, bottled, and jarred, manufacturing
• Hominy, canned, manufacturing
• Horseradish (except sauce) canning
• Jellies and jams manufacturing
• Juices, fruit or vegetable, canned manufacturing
• Juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing
• Ketchup manufacturing
• Marmalade manufacturing
• Mushrooms canning
• Olives brined
• Onions pickled
• Pastes, fruit and vegetable, canning
• Pickles manufacturing
• Pickling fruits and vegetables
• Preserves (e.g., imitation) canning
• Relishes canning
• Salsa canning
• Sauces, tomato-based, canning
• Sauerkraut manufacturing
• Spaghetti sauce canning
• Vegetable brining
• Vegetable canning, bottling, and jarring
• Vegetable juices canning
• Vegetable juices, fresh, manufacturing
• Vegetables pickling

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311421

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311421, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,000 employees. Check your business.

SBA footnote 3: NAICS code 311421 – For purposes of Government procurement for food canning and preserving, the standard of 1,000 employees excludes agricultural labor as defined in section 3306(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 3306(k).

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: 1030, 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10310Processing and preserving of potatoesUK SIC
• 10320Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juiceUK SIC
• 10390Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetablesUK SIC
• 10710Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakesUK SIC
• 10720Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakesUK SIC
• 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

• 311422Specialty Canning
• 311423Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing