311613 Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in rendering animal fat, bones, and meat scraps.

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:

• Blending purchased animal fats with vegetable fats are classified in U.S. Industry 311225, Fats and Oils Refining and Blending.
• Manufacturing meat-based animal feeds from purchased carcasses are classified in Industry 31111, Animal Food Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 311613

The Census index assigns these 14 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Animal fats rendering
• Animal oil rendering
• Bones, fat, rendering
• Fats, animal, rendering
• Grease rendering
• Lard made from purchased fat
• Meat and bone meal and tankage, produced in rendering plant
• Neatsfoot oil rendering
• Oil, animal, rendering
• Rendering animals (carrion) for feed
• Rendering fats
• Rendering plants
• Stearin, animal, rendering
• Tallow produced in rendering plant

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311613

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311613, 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: 1010), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10110Processing and preserving of meatUK SIC
• 10120Processing and preserving of poultry meatUK SIC
• 10130Production of meat and poultry meat productsUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 311611Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
• 311612Meat Processed from Carcasses
• 311615Poultry Processing