Analysis
NAICS 311340 is the 2022 national industry for nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing, part of 31134 (Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing). Census lists 30 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 577 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 28,988 people at an average annual payroll of $62,332 per employee (38th percentile of national industries). 34% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 11% and employment rose 30%. 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 311351, 311352, 445292 and 722515. 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 breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing, cake ornaments, confectionery, manufacturing, candied fruits and fruit peel manufacturing and candy bars, nonchocolate, manufacturing, among 30 in all.
Its goods appear in 25 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 1704 (sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not…), 2006 () and 2008 (fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing nonchocolate confectioneries. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in retailing nonchocolate confectionery products not for immediate consumption made on the premises.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing chocolate confectioneries from cacao beans | 311351 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans |
| Manufacturing chocolate confectioneries from chocolate made elsewhere | 311352 Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate |
| Retailing confectioneries not for immediate consumption made elsewhere | 445292 Confectionery and Nut Retailers |
| Preparing and selling confectioneries for immediate consumption | 722515 Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars |
| Roasting, salting, drying, cooking, or canning nuts and seeds | 311911 Roasted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing |
Index entries (30)
- Breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing
- Cake ornaments, confectionery, manufacturing
- Candied fruits and fruit peel manufacturing
- Candy bars, nonchocolate, manufacturing
- Candy stores, nonchocolate, candy made on premises, not for immediate consumption
- Chewing gum base manufacturing
- Chewing gum manufacturing
- Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing
- Corn confections manufacturing
- Cough drops (except medicated) manufacturing
- Crystallized fruits and fruit peel manufacturing
- Dates, sugared and stuffed, manufacturing
- Fruit peel products (e.g., candied, crystallized, glace, glazed) manufacturing
- Fruits (e.g., candied, crystallized, glazed) manufacturing
- Fudge, nonchocolate, manufacturing
- Granola bars and clusters, nonchocolate, manufacturing
- Gum, chewing, manufacturing
- Halvah manufacturing
- Hard candies manufacturing
- Jelly candies manufacturing
- Licorice candy manufacturing
- Lozenges, nonmedicated, candy, manufacturing
- Marshmallow creme manufacturing
- Marshmallows manufacturing
- Marzipan (i.e., candy) manufacturing
- Nuts, covered (except chocolate covered), manufacturing
- Popcorn balls manufacturing
- Popcorn, candy covered popped, manufacturing
- Synthetic chocolate manufacturing
- Toffee manufacturing