Analysis
NAICS 3116 is the 2022 industry group for animal slaughtering and processing, part of 311 (Food Manufacturing).
It has only one more detailed code, 31161, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 3,716 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 556,205 people at an average annual payroll of $50,981 per employee (18th percentile of national industries). 25% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 7% and employment rose 5%. 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 3rd of the 9 codes at this level within Food Manufacturing, with 11.9% of them.