311812 Commercial Bakeries

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fresh and frozen bread and bread-type rolls and other fresh bakery (except cookies and crackers) 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:

• Retailing bread and other bakery products not for immediate consumption made on the premises from flour, not from prepared dough are classified in U.S. Industry 311811, Retail Bakeries.
• Manufacturing frozen bakery products (except bread) are classified in U.S. Industry 311813, Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing.
• Preparing and selling bakery products (e.g., cookies, pretzels) for immediate consumption are classified in U.S. Industry 722515, Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars.
• Retailing bakery products not for immediate consumption made elsewhere are classified in U.S. Industry 445291, Baked Goods Retailers.
• Manufacturing cookies and crackers are classified in U.S. Industry 311821, Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing pretzels (except soft) are classified in U.S. Industry 311919, Other Snack Food Manufacturing.

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

Businesses that use this code

• Bakery

Activities listed under 311812

The Census index assigns these 21 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bagels made in commercial bakeries
• Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries
• Biscuits, bread-type, made in commercial bakeries
• Bread and bread-type rolls made in commercial bakeries
• Cakes, baking (except frozen), made in commercial bakeries
• Commercial bakeries
• Communion wafer manufacturing
• Croissants, baking, made in commercial bakeries
• Croutons and bread crumbs made in commercial bakeries
• Crullers (except frozen) made in commercial bakeries
• Doughnuts (except frozen) made in commercial bakeries
• Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries
• Knishes (except frozen) made in commercial bakeries
• Matzo baking made in commercial bakeries
• Pastries (e.g., Danish, French), fresh, made in commercial bakeries
• Pies, fresh, made in commercial bakeries
• Pretzels, soft, manufacturing
• Rolls and buns (including frozen) made in commercial bakeries
• Soft pretzels made in a commercial bakery
• Sweet yeast goods (except frozen) manufacturing
• Unleavened bread made in commercial bakeries

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311812

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311812, 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: 1071), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10710Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 311811Retail Bakeries
• 311813Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing