311514 Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing dry, condensed, and evaporated milk and dairy substitute 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:

• Manufacturing fluid milk products are classified in U.S. Industry 311511, Fluid Milk Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing creamery butter are classified in U.S. Industry 311512, Creamery Butter Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing cheese products are classified in U.S. Industry 311513, Cheese Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 311514

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

• Baby formula, fresh, processed, and bottled, manufacturing
• Beverages, dietary, dairy and nondairy based
• Casein, dry and wet, manufacturing
• Condensed milk manufacturing
• Condensed, evaporated or powdered whey, manufacturing
• Cream, dried and powdered, manufacturing
• Dairy food canning
• Dehydrated milk manufacturing
• Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing
• Dry milk manufacturing
• Dry milk products and mixture manufacturing
• Dry milk products for animal feed manufacturing
• Eggnog, canned, nonalcoholic, manufacturing
• Evaporated milk manufacturing
• Feed grade dry milk products manufacturing
• Ice cream mix manufacturing
• Ice milk mix manufacturing
• Infant's formulas manufacturing
• Lactose manufacturing
• Malted milk manufacturing
• Milk based drinks, dietary, manufacturing
• Milk, concentrated, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing
• Milk, malted, manufacturing
• Milk, powdered, manufacturing
• Milk, ultra high temperature, manufacturing
• Milkshake mixes manufacturing
• Mix, ice cream, manufacturing
• Nondairy creamers, dry, manufacturing
• Nonfat dry milk manufacturing
• Powdered milk manufacturing
• UHT (ultra high temperature) milk manufacturing
• Whey, condensed, dried, evaporated, and powdered, manufacturing
• Whipped topping, dry mix, manufacturing
• Yogurt mix manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311514

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311514, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,000 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

• 311511Fluid Milk Manufacturing
• 311512Creamery Butter Manufacturing
• 311513Cheese Manufacturing