312120 Breweries

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in brewing beer, ale, lager, malt liquors, and nonalcoholic beer.

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:

• Bottling or canning purchased malt liquors and wholesaling bottled or canned malt liquors are classified in Industry 424810, Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers.
• Manufacturing malt are classified in U.S. Industry 311213, Malt Manufacturing.

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

Businesses that use this code

• Bar or pub
• Brewery

Activities listed under 312120

The Census index assigns these 12 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Ale brewing
• Beer brewing
• Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing
• Breweries
• Grain, brewers' spent, manufacturing
• Lager brewing
• Malt liquor brewing
• Microbreweries without restaurant or bar
• Near beer brewing
• Nonalcoholic beer brewing
• Porter brewing
• Stout brewing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 312120

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 312120, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,250 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: 1103), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 11030Manufacture of cider and other fruit winesUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 312130Wineries
• 312140Distilleries