333241 Food Product Machinery Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing food and beverage manufacturing-type machinery and equipment, such as dairy product plant machinery and equipment (e.g., homogenizers, pasteurizers, ice cream freezers), bakery machinery and equipment (e.g., dough mixers, bake ovens, pastry rolling machines), meat and poultry processing and preparation machinery, and other commercial food products machinery (e.g., slicers, choppers, and mixers).

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:

• Manufacturing food and beverage packaging machinery are classified in U.S. Industry 333993, Packaging Machinery Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing commercial and industrial refrigeration and freezer equipment are classified in U.S. Industry 333415, Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing commercial-type cooking and food warming equipment are classified in Industry 333310, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 333241

The Census index assigns these 45 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Bakery machinery and equipment manufacturing
• Bakery ovens manufacturing
• Bread slicing machinery manufacturing
• Brewery machinery manufacturing
• Butter processing machinery manufacturing
• Cheese processing machinery manufacturing
• Chewing gum machinery manufacturing
• Chocolate processing machinery manufacturing
• Cider presses manufacturing
• Coffee roasting and grinding machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Condensed and evaporated milk machinery manufacturing
• Confectionery machinery manufacturing
• Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Cracker making machinery manufacturing
• Cream separators, industrial, manufacturing
• Dairy product plant machinery and equipment
• Distilling equipment, beverage, manufacturing
• Dough mixing machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Dry milk processing machinery manufacturing
• Flour milling machinery manufacturing
• Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Food dehydrating equipment (except household-type) manufacturing
• Food product machinery manufacturing
• Grading, cleaning, and sorting machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Grain milling machinery manufacturing
• Homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing
• Ice cream making machinery manufacturing
• Juice extractors (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Malt milling machinery manufacturing
• Meat and poultry processing and preparation machinery
• Meat grinders, food-type, manufacturing
• Milk processing (except farm-type) machinery manufacturing
• Oilseed crushing and extracting machinery manufacturing
• Ovens, bakery, manufacturing
• Pasta making machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Pasteurizing equipment, food, manufacturing
• Peanut roasting machines (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Presses (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Roasting machinery manufacturing
• Sieves and screening equipment (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Sifting machine (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Slicing machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing
• Stuffer, sausage machinery, manufacturing
• Sugar refining machinery manufacturing
• Vegetable oil processing machinery manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 333241

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 333241, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 500 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: 2819, 2825), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 28250Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipmentUK SIC

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

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