311511 Fluid Milk Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing processed milk products, such as pasteurized milk or cream and sour cream and/or (2) manufacturing fluid milk dairy substitutes from soybeans and other nondairy substances.

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 dry mix whipped toppings, canned milk, and ultra high temperature milk are classified in U.S. Industry 311514, Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing frozen whipped toppings are classified in U.S. Industry 311412, Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing ice cream and frozen yogurt and other frozen desserts are classified in Industry 311520, Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing.
• Milking dairy cattle are classified in Industry 112120, Dairy Cattle and Milk Production.

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

Activities listed under 311511

The Census index assigns these 34 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Acidophilus milk manufacturing
• Almond milk manufacturing
• Beverages, milk based (except dietary), manufacturing
• Buttermilk manufacturing
• Cheese, cottage, manufacturing
• Chocolate drink (milk based) manufacturing
• Chocolate milk manufacturing
• Cottage cheese manufacturing
• Cream manufacturing
• Dips, sour cream based, manufacturing
• Drink, chocolate milk, manufacturing
• Eggnog, fresh, nonalcoholic, manufacturing
• Eggnog, nonalcoholic (except canned), manufacturing
• Flavored milk drinks manufacturing
• Fluid milk substitutes processing
• Homogenizing milk
• Milk based drinks (except dietary) manufacturing
• Milk drink, chocolate, manufacturing
• Milk pasteurizing
• Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing
• Milk substitutes manufacturing
• Milk, acidophilus, manufacturing
• Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing
• Nondairy creamers, liquid, manufacturing
• Nondairy yogurt (except frozen) manufacturing
• Oat milk manufacturing
• Pasteurizing milk
• Rice milk manufacturing
• Sour cream manufacturing
• Sour cream substitutes manufacturing
• Soy milk manufacturing
• Whipped topping (except dry mix, frozen) manufacturing
• Whipping cream manufacturing
• Yogurt (except frozen) manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311511

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311511, 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: 1050, 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10511Liquid milk and cream productionUK SIC
• 10512Butter and cheese productionUK SIC
• 10519Manufacture of other milk productsUK SIC
• 10520Manufacture of ice creamUK 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

• 311512Creamery Butter Manufacturing
• 311513Cheese Manufacturing
• 311514Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing