Analysis
NAICS 115210 is the 2022 national industry for support activities for animal production, part of 11521 (Support Activities for Animal Production). Census lists 30 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 4,791 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 23,365 people at an average annual payroll of $45,166 per employee (13th percentile of national industries). 78% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include animal semen banks, artificial insemination services for livestock, artificial insemination services for pets and boarding horses (except racehorses), among 30 in all.
For example, raising companion animals (e.g., cats, dogs, pet birds) for sale are classified in 112990 (All Other Animal Production) instead.
Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 112990 and 711219. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing support activities related to raising livestock (e.g., cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry, sheep). These establishments may perform one or more of the following: (1) breeding services for animals, including companion animals (e.g., cats, dogs, pet birds); (2) pedigree record services; (3) boarding horses; (4) dairy herd improvement activities; (5) livestock spraying; and (6) sheep dipping and shearing.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (30)
- Animal semen banks
- Artificial insemination services for livestock
- Artificial insemination services for pets
- Boarding horses (except racehorses)
- Branding
- Breeding, animal, services
- Bull testing stations
- Cattle spraying
- Cleaning poultry houses
- Corralling, drovers
- Dairy herd improvement associations
- Equine boarding
- Farriers
- Hoof trimming
- Horses (except racehorses), boarding
- Horses, training (except racehorses)
- Horseshoeing
- Livestock breeding services (except consulting)
- Livestock spraying
- Milk testing for butterfat and milk solids
- Pedigree (i.e., livestock, pets, poultry) record services
- Poultry catching services
- Reproductive flushing services for animals
- Semen collection
- Sexing services for poultry (e.g., separating males/females)
- Sheep dipping and shearing
- Showing of cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, and poultry
- Stud services
- Training horses (except racehorses)
- Vaccinating livestock (except by veterinarians)