311512 Creamery Butter Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing creamery butter from milk and/or processed milk products.

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:

• Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing margarine, margarine-butter blends, or butter substitutes are classified in U.S. Industry 311225, Fats and Oils Refining and Blending.

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

Activities listed under 311512

The Census index assigns these 5 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Anhydrous butterfat manufacturing
• Butter manufacturing
• Butter, creamery and whey, manufacturing
• Creamery butter manufacturing
• Whey butter manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311512

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311512, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 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), 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

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

Similar codes to compare

• 311511Fluid Milk Manufacturing
• 311513Cheese Manufacturing
• 311514Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing