2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
311920 Coffee and Tea Manufacturing
NAICS 311920 is the US industry code for coffee and tea manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) roasting coffee; (2) manufacturing coffee and tea concentrates (including instant and freeze-dried); (3) blending tea; (4) manufacturing herbal tea; and (5) manufacturing coffee extracts, flavorings, and syrups.
- Code
- 311920 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Coffee and Tea Manufacturing
- Part of
- Other Food Manufacturing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 1,000 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 10710, 10720, 10730 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) roasting coffee; (2) manufacturing coffee and tea concentrates (including instant and freeze-dried); (3) blending tea; (4) manufacturing herbal tea; and (5) manufacturing coffee extracts, flavorings, and syrups.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Establishments primarily engaged in bottling and canning iced coffee or tea are classified in U.S. Industry 312111, Soft Drink Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 311920
The Census index assigns these 17 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Coffee concentrates (i.e., instant coffee) manufacturing
- Coffee extracts manufacturing
- Coffee flavoring and syrups (i.e., made from coffee) manufacturing
- Coffee roasting
- Coffee substitute manufacturing
- Coffee, blended, manufacturing
- Coffee, instant and freeze-dried, manufacturing
- Extracts, essences and preparations, coffee, manufacturing
- Extracts, essences and preparations, tea, manufacturing
- Instant coffee manufacturing
- Instant tea manufacturing
- Roasting coffee
- Syrup, flavoring, coffee based, manufacturing
- Tea (except herbal) manufacturing
- Tea blending
- Tea, herbal, manufacturing
- Tea, instant, manufacturing
SBA size standard for 311920
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311920, 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: 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 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.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.