445240 Meat Retailers

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing fresh, frozen, or cured meats and poultry not for immediate consumption. Delicatessen-type establishments primarily engaged in retailing fresh meat are included in this industry.

Examples Census gives

• Baked ham retailers
• Meat retailers
• Butcher shops
• Poultry dealers
• Frozen meat retailers

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:

• Retailing a general line of food, such as supermarkets and grocery stores are classified in Industry 445110, Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers).
• Providing food services in delicatessen-type establishments are classified in U.S. Industry 722513, Limited-Service Restaurants.
• Raising livestock for meat production are classified in Subsector 112, Animal Production and Aquaculture.

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

Activities listed under 445240

The Census index assigns these 7 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Baked ham stores
• Butcher shops
• Delicatessens (except grocery store, restaurants)
• Frozen meat stores
• Locker meat provisioners, direct selling
• Meat markets
• Poultry dealers

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 445240

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 445240, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $9 million in average annual receipts. 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: 4721, 4791, 4781, 4782, 4789, 4799), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 47210Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised storesUK SIC
• 47810Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco productsUK SIC
• 47820Retail sale via stalls and markets of textiles, clothing and footwearUK SIC
• 47890Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goodsUK SIC
• 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via InternetUK SIC
• 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or marketsUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 445230Fruit and Vegetable Retailers
• 445250Fish and Seafood Retailers