311941 Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing mayonnaise, salad dressing, vinegar, mustard, horseradish, soy sauce, tartar sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and other prepared sauces (except tomato-based and gravy).

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 catsup and other tomato-based sauces are classified in U.S. Industry 311421, Fruit and Vegetable Canning.
• Manufacturing dry salad dressing and dry sauce mixes are classified in U.S. Industry 311942, Spice and Extract Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing canned liquid gravies are classified in U.S. Industry 311422, Specialty Canning.

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

Activities listed under 311941

The Census index assigns these 19 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Cheese based salad dressing manufacturing
• Cider vinegar manufacturing
• Cider, nonalcoholic, manufacturing
• Dips (except cheese and sour cream based) manufacturing
• Horseradish, prepared sauce, manufacturing
• Mayonnaise manufacturing
• Mayonnaise, imitation or substitute, manufacturing
• Mustard, prepared, manufacturing
• Prepared sauces (except gravy, tomato-based) manufacturing
• Salad dressings manufacturing
• Sandwich spreads, salad dressing based, manufacturing
• Sauces (except tomato-based) manufacturing
• Sauces for meat (except tomato-based) manufacturing
• Sauces for seafood (except tomato-based) manufacturing
• Sauces for vegetable (except tomato-based) manufacturing
• Soy sauce manufacturing
• Tartar sauce manufacturing
• Vinegar manufacturing
• Worcestershire sauce manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311941

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311941, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 850 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: 1030, 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10310Processing and preserving of potatoesUK SIC
• 10320Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juiceUK SIC
• 10390Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetablesUK 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

• 311942Spice and Extract Manufacturing