Analysis
NAICS 31111 is the 2022 NAICS industry for animal food manufacturing, part of 3111 (Animal Food Manufacturing). Census lists 53 example activities under it in the official index.
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.
Across its national industries Census lists 53 index entries; typical ones are animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing and alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing.
Its goods appear in 32 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2309 (preparations of a kind used in animal feeding), 1214 (rutabagas (swedes), mangolds, fodder roots, hay, alfalfa…) and 2308 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 311119 (Other Animal Food Manufacturing) with 1,463.
For example, slaughtering animals for feed are classified in 31161 (Animal Slaughtering and Processing) instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing food and feed for animals from ingredients, such as grains, oilseed mill products, and meat products.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (53)
- Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing
- Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing