311920

Analysis

NAICS 311920 is the 2022 national industry for coffee and tea manufacturing, part of 31192 (Coffee and Tea Manufacturing). Census lists 17 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 45% 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 1,155 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 23,998 people at an average annual payroll of $57,887 per employee (29th percentile of national industries). 46% 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 coffee concentrates (i.e., instant coffee) manufacturing, coffee extracts manufacturing, coffee flavoring and syrups (i.e., made from coffee)… and coffee roasting, among 17 in all.

Its goods appear in 50 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2101 (extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté…), 0902 (tea, whether or not flavored) and 0901 (coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, bottling and canning iced coffee or tea are classified in 312111 (Soft Drink Manufacturing) instead.