Analysis
NAICS 311313 is the 2022 national industry for beet sugar manufacturing, part of 31131 (Sugar Manufacturing). Census lists 15 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Sugar Manufacturing, with 34.9% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 29 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 7,050 people at an average annual payroll of $65,945 per employee (45th percentile of national industries).
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 9% and employment rose 1%. 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.
Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 311314, 311221, 311999 and 111998. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include beet pulp, dried, manufacturing, beet sugar refining, brown beet sugar refining and brown sugar made from beet sugar, among 15 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing refined beet sugar from sugar beets.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing raw cane sugar and/or refined cane sugar | 311314 Cane Sugar Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing corn sweeteners by wet milling corn | 311221 Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing table syrups from corn syrup | 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing |
| Reducing maple sap to maple syrup or maple sugar | 111998 All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming |
| Manufacturing synthetic sweeteners (i.e., sweetening agents), such as saccharin and sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweetener blended with other ingredients) | 325 Chemical Manufacturing |
Index entries (15)
- Beet pulp, dried, manufacturing
- Beet sugar refining
- Brown beet sugar refining
- Brown sugar made from beet sugar
- Confectioner's beet sugar manufacturing
- Granulated beet sugar manufacturing
- Liquid beet syrup manufacturing
- Liquid sugar made from beet sugar
- Molasses made from sugar beets
- Raw beet sugar manufacturing
- Sugar, confectionery, made from sugar beets
- Sugar, granulated, made from sugar beets
- Sugar, invert, made from sugar beets
- Sugar, liquid, made from sugar beets
- Syrup made from sugar beets