313110 Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) spinning yarn; (2) manufacturing thread of any fiber; (3) texturizing, throwing, twisting, and winding purchased yarn or manmade fibers and filaments; and (4) producing hemp yarn and further processing into rope or bags.

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 manufacturing artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments and texturizing these filaments are classified in Industry 325220, Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 313110

The Census index assigns these 62 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Acetate spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Acrylic and modacrylic filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of purchased yarn
• Acrylic spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Animal fiber yarn twisting or winding of purchased yarn
• Bags, hemp, made from purchased fiber
• Beaming yarn
• Carded yarn manufacturing
• Carpet and rug yarn spinning
• Cotton cordage spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Cotton spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Cotton thread manufacturing
• Crochet spun yarns (e.g., cotton, manmade fiber, silk, wool) made from purchased fiber
• Darning thread (e.g., cotton, manmade fibers, silk, wool) manufacturing
• Embroidery spun yarns (e.g., cotton, manmade fiber, silk, wool) made from purchased fiber
• Embroidery thread (e.g., cotton, manmade fibers, silk, wool) manufacturing
• Flax spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Hard fiber spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Hard fiber thread manufacturing
• Hemp bags made from purchased fiber
• Hemp ropes made from purchased fiber
• Hemp spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Knitting and crocheting thread manufacturing
• Knitting spun yarns (e.g., cotton, manmade fiber, silk, wool) made from purchased fiber
• Manmade fiber thread manufacturing
• Manmade staple spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Modacrylic spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Mohair yarn twisting or winding of purchased yarn
• Natural fiber (i.e., hemp, linen, ramie) thread manufacturing
• Natural fiber spun yarns (i.e., hemp, jute, ramie, flax) made from purchased fiber
• Nylon spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Nylon thread manufacturing
• Nylon yarn twisting or winding of purchased yarn
• Paper yarn manufacturing
• Polyester filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of purchased yarn
• Polyester spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Polyester thread manufacturing
• Polypropylene filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of purchased yarn
• Polypropylene spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Ramie spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Rayon spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Rayon thread manufacturing
• Rayon yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding purchased filament
• Sewing threads manufacturing
• Silk spun yarns made from purchased fiber
• Silk thread manufacturing
• Silk throwing, spooling, twisting, or winding of purchased yarn
• Spinning carpet and rug yarn from purchased fiber
• Spinning yarn from purchased fiber
• Spooling of yarn
• Spooling of yarns for the trade
• Texturizing purchased yarn
• Thread mills
• Thread, all fibers, manufacturing
• Throwing purchased yarn
• Winding purchased yarn
• Winding, spooling, beaming and rewinding of purchased yarn
• Wool spun yarn made from purchased fiber
• Wool yarn, twisting or winding of purchased yarn
• Yarn spinning mills
• Yarn spun from purchased fiber
• Yarn throwing, twisting, and winding of purchased yarn
• Yarn, carpet and rug, spun from purchased fiber

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 313110

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 313110, 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: 1311), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 13100Preparation and spinning of textile fibresUK SIC

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