311930

Analysis

NAICS 311930 is the 2022 national industry for flavoring syrup and concentrate manufacturing, part of 31193 (Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing). Census lists 12 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 170 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 9,468 people at an average annual payroll of $80,151 per employee (69th percentile of national industries). 32% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Census lists 8 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 31135, 311942, 311920 and 31161. 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 beverage bases manufacturing, beverage flavorings (except coffee based) manufacturing, beverage syrups (except coffee based) manufacturing and concentrates, drink (except frozen fruit juice)…, among 12 in all.

Its goods appear in 3 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2106 (food preparations not elsewhere specified or included). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 6% and employment rose 15%. 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.