312113

Analysis

NAICS 312113 is the 2022 national industry for ice manufacturing, part of 31211 (Soft Drink and Ice Manufacturing). Census lists 2 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 415 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 5,389 people at an average annual payroll of $60,905 per employee (34th percentile of national industries). 33% 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 block ice manufacturing and ice (except dry ice) manufacturing.

Its goods appear in 1 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2201 (waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

For example, manufacturing dry ice are classified in 325120 (Industrial Gas Manufacturing) instead.

Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 325120 and 445132. 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.