311520

Analysis

NAICS 311520 is the 2022 national industry for ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing, part of 31152 (Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing). Census lists 19 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 19% and employment rose 14%. 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.

County Business Patterns counts 514 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 24,435 people at an average annual payroll of $60,218 per employee (32nd percentile of national industries). 40% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include custard, frozen, manufacturing, desserts, frozen (except bakery), manufacturing, frozen custard manufacturing and frozen dairy product substitutes manufacturing, among 19 in all.

Its goods appear in 7 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2105 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing frozen bakery products are classified in 311813 (Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing) instead.