Analysis
NAICS 3111 is the 2022 industry group for animal food manufacturing, part of 311 (Food Manufacturing).
It has only one more detailed code, 31111, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 1,914 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 64,800 people at an average annual payroll of $68,915 per employee (51st percentile of national industries). 24% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 2% and employment rose 23%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
By establishments it ranks 5th of the 9 codes at this level within Food Manufacturing, with 6.1% of them.