31211

Analysis

NAICS 31211 is the 2022 NAICS industry for soft drink and ice manufacturing, part of 3121 (Beverage Manufacturing). Census lists 24 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 4th of the 4 codes at this level within Beverage Manufacturing, with 10.6% of them.

Census lists 9 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 31142, 31193, 31194 and 32512. 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.

County Business Patterns counts 1,325 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 89,441 people at an average annual payroll of $66,950 per employee (47th percentile of national industries). 31% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Across its national industries Census lists 24 index entries; typical ones are artificially carbonated waters manufacturing, beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing and block ice manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 7 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2202 (waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters…), 2201 (waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and…) and 3006 (pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.