2022 NAICS national industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
316110 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
NAICS 316110 is the US industry code for leather and hide tanning and finishing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) tanning, currying, and finishing hides and skins; (2) having others process hides and skins on a contract basis; and (3) dyeing or dressing furs.
- Code
- 316110 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
- Part of
- Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 800 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 15110 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) tanning, currying, and finishing hides and skins; (2) having others process hides and skins on a contract basis; and (3) dyeing or dressing furs.
Activities listed under 316110
The Census index assigns these 63 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Bag leather manufacturing
- Belting butts, curried or rough, manufacturing
- Belting leather, manufacturing
- Bookbinder's leather manufacturing
- Bridle leather manufacturing
- Buffings, russet, manufacturing
- Case leather manufacturing
- Chamois leather manufacturing
- Collar leather, manufacturing
- Coloring leather
- Converters, leather
- Currying furs
- Currying leather
- Cutting of leather
- Dressing (i.e., bleaching, blending, currying, scraping, tanning) furs
- Dressing hides
- Dyeing furs
- Dyeing leather
- Embossing leather
- Exotic leathers manufacturing
- Fancy leathers manufacturing
- Finishing hides and skins on a contract basis
- Finishing leather
- Fleshers, leather (i.e., flesh side of split leather), manufacturing
- Fur stripping
- Furs, dressed (e.g., bleached, curried, dyed, scraped, tanned), manufacturing
- Garment leather manufacturing
- Glove leather manufacturing
- Handbag leather manufacturing
- Harness leather manufacturing
- Hides and skins, finishing on a contract basis
- Hides, tanning, currying, dressing, and finishing
- Japanning of leather
- Lace leather manufacturing
- Latigo leather manufacturing
- Leather coloring, cutting, embossing, and japanning
- Leather converters
- Leather tanning, currying, and finishing
- Lining leather manufacturing
- Mechanical leather manufacturing
- Parchment leather manufacturing
- Patent leather manufacturing
- Pelts bleaching, currying, dyeing, scraping, and tanning
- Rawhide manufacturing
- Roller leather manufacturing
- Saddlery leather manufacturing
- Shearling (i.e., prepared sheepskin) manufacturing
- Skins, tanning, currying and finishing
- Skirting leather manufacturing
- Skivers, leather, manufacturing
- Slitting leather for the trade
- Sole leather manufacturing
- Specialty leathers manufacturing
- Splits, leather, manufacturing
- Strap leather manufacturing
- Sweatband leather manufacturing
- Tannery leather manufacturing
- Tanning and currying furs
- Upholstery leather manufacturing
- Upper leather manufacturing
- Vellum leather manufacturing
- Welting leather manufacturing
- Wet blues manufacturing
SBA size standard for 316110
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 316110, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 800 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: 1511), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.