312111 Soft Drink Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing soft drinks and artificially carbonated waters.

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:

• Canning fruit and vegetable juices are classified in U.S. Industry 311421, Fruit and Vegetable Canning.
• Manufacturing fruit syrups for flavoring are classified in Industry 311930, Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing nonalcoholic cider are classified in U.S. Industry 311941, Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing.
• Purifying and bottling water (except artificially carbonated and flavored water) are classified in U.S. Industry 312112, Bottled Water Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing milk-based drinks are classified in U.S. Industry 311511, Fluid Milk Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing nonalcoholic beers are classified in Industry 312120, Breweries.
• Manufacturing nonalcoholic wines are classified in Industry 312130, Wineries.

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

Activities listed under 312111

The Census index assigns these 18 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Artificially carbonated waters manufacturing
• Beverages, fruit and vegetable drinks, cocktails, and ades, manufacturing
• Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing
• Carbonated soda manufacturing
• Carbonated soft drinks manufacturing
• Coffee, iced, manufacturing
• Drinks, fruit (except juice), manufacturing
• Flavored water manufacturing
• Fruit drinks (except juice), manufacturing
• Iced coffee manufacturing
• Iced tea manufacturing
• Pop, soda, manufacturing
• Soda carbonated, manufacturing
• Soda pop manufacturing
• Soft drinks manufacturing
• Tea, iced, manufacturing
• Water, artificially carbonated, manufacturing
• Water, flavored, manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 312111

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 312111, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,400 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: 1104), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 11040Manufacture of other non-distilled fermented beveragesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 312112Bottled Water Manufacturing
• 312113Ice Manufacturing