325314

Analysis

NAICS 325314 is the 2022 national industry for fertilizer (mixing only) manufacturing, part of 32531 (Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing). Census lists 6 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing, with 65% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 508 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 11,442 people at an average annual payroll of $68,037 per employee (50th percentile of national industries). 29% 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 fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing…, mixing purchased fertilizer materials, nitrogenous fertilizers made by mixing purchased materials and phosphatic fertilizers made by mixing purchased materials, among 6 in all.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 325311, 325312 and 325315. 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.

For example, manufacturing nitrogenous fertilizer materials or fertilizer materials from sewage or animal waste and mixing these ingredients into nitrogenous fertilizers are classified in 325311 (Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing) instead.