Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in slaughtering animals (except poultry and small game). Establishments that slaughter and prepare meats are included in this industry. It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Manufacturing schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.
- Baseline
- Manufacturing v2
- Inherited from
- Manufacturing
- Companies mapped
- 0 of 0
- Primitives
- 57 in 8 parts
- Last updated
- Nov 2, 2026
The numbers for this industry
United States · 2023 · NAICS 311611- Establishments
- 1,274
- Employees
- 159,965
- Annual payroll
- $9B
- Payroll per employee
- $56.3K
- 1-4396
- 5-9304
- 10-19259
- 1000+54
- 20-49141
- 50-9942
- 100-24940
- 250-49920
- 500-99918
Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (national file), employees as of mid-March 2023, payroll for the year; published 2025-06-26. Coded on NAICS 2017. Withheld cells read as not published.
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