311991 Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing perishable prepared foods, such as salads, sandwiches, prepared meals, fresh pizza, fresh pasta, and peeled or cut vegetables.

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:

• Establishments primarily engaged in preparing and selling food for immediate consumption are classified in Industry 72251, Restaurants and Other Eating Places.

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

Activities listed under 311991

The Census index assigns these 17 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Box lunches (for sale off premises) manufacturing
• Carrots, cut, peeled or sliced fresh, manufacturing
• Cole slaw, fresh, manufacturing
• Egg noodles, fresh, manufacturing
• Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale
• Fruit, cut or peeled, fresh, manufacturing
• Macaroni, fresh, manufacturing
• Noodles, fresh, manufacturing
• Pasta, fresh, manufacturing
• Pizzas, fresh, manufacturing
• Potatoes, peeled or cut, manufacturing
• Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale
• Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing
• Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assembled and packaged for wholesale market), manufacturing
• Slaw, cole, fresh, manufacturing
• Tofu (i.e., bean curd) (except frozen desserts) manufacturing
• Vegetables, cut or peeled, fresh, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311991

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311991, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 700 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, 1074, 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

• 311999All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing