312140

Analysis

NAICS 312140 is the 2022 national industry for distilleries, part of 31214 (Distilleries). Census lists 13 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 45% and employment rose 83%. 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 1,349 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 26,177 people at an average annual payroll of $64,384 per employee (42nd percentile of national industries). 43% 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 alcoholic beverages (except brandy) distilling, beverages, liquors (except brandies), manufacturing, blending distilled beverages (except brandy) and distilleries, among 13 in all.

Its goods appear in 31 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2208 (undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by…), 2106 (food preparations not elsewhere specified or included) and 2207 (undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 325193, 424820 and 312130. 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.