Analysis
NAICS 31491 is the 2022 NAICS industry for textile bag and canvas mills, part of 3149 (Other Textile Product Mills).
It has only one more detailed code, 314910, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 1,336 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 20,774 people at an average annual payroll of $49,483 per employee (17th percentile of national industries). 44% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Other Textile Product Mills, with 36.1% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 6% and employment rose 1%. 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.
Official definition
See industry description for 314910.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.