311615 Poultry Processing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) slaughtering poultry and small game and/or (2) preparing processed poultry and small game meat and meat byproducts.

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:

• Slaughtering animals (except poultry and small game) and/or preparing meats are classified in U.S. Industry 311611, Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering.
• Preparing meat and meat byproducts (except poultry and small game) from purchased meats are classified in U.S. Industry 311612, Meat Processed from Carcasses.
• Rendering animal fats and oils, bones, and meat scraps are classified in U.S. Industry 311613, Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing.
• Canning poultry and small game for baby food are classified in U.S. Industry 311422, Specialty Canning.
• Manufacturing poultry-based animal feeds from purchased carcasses are classified in Industry 31111, Animal Food Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing frozen meat and poultry products, such as nationality foods (e.g., enchiladas, egg rolls, pizza) and frozen dinners are classified in U.S. Industry 311412, Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing.
• Drying, freezing, and breaking eggs are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 311615

The Census index assigns these 24 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Canning poultry (except baby and pet food)
• Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food)
• Chickens, slaughtering and dressing
• Dressing small game
• Ducks, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked
• Ducks, slaughtering and dressing
• Geese, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked
• Geese, slaughtering and dressing
• Hams, poultry, manufacturing
• Hot dogs, poultry, manufacturing
• Luncheon meat, poultry, manufacturing
• Meat canning, poultry (except baby and pet food), manufacturing
• Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages) made from a combination of poultry and other meats
• Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing
• Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing
• Poultry canning (except baby and pet food)
• Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing
• Processed poultry manufacturing
• Rabbits processing (i.e., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen)
• Rabbits slaughtering and dressing
• Small game, processing, fresh, frozen, canned or cooked
• Small game, slaughtering, dressing and packing
• Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked
• Turkeys, slaughtering and dressing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311615

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311615, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,250 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
• 311613Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing