Industry Description
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) milling flour or meal from grains (except rice) or vegetables and/or (2) milling flour and preparing flour mixes or doughs.
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Business Examples
Common types of business activities within NAICS 311211 - Flour Milling are:
- Prepared flour mixes made in flour mills
- Brewers' and distillers' flakes and grits, corn, manufacturing
- Barley flour manufacturing
- Wheat germ manufacturing
- Fruit flour, meal, and powders, manufacturing
- Potato flour manufacturing
- Buckwheat flour manufacturing
- Bulgur (flour) manufacturing
- Flour mixes made in flour mills
- Cereal grain flour manufacturing
- Sorghum flour manufacturing
- Wheat bran manufacturing
- Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice)
- Farina (except breakfast food) made in flour mills
- Vegetable flour, meal, and powders, made in flour mills
- Semolina flour manufacturing
- Batters, prepared, made in flour mills
- Corn flour manufacturing
- Vegetable flour manufacturing
- Doughs, prepared, made in flour mills
- Mixes, flour (e.g., biscuit, cake, doughnut, pancake) made in flour mills
- Oat flour manufacturing
- Grits and flakes, corn brewer's, manufacturing
- Wheat flour manufacturing
- Grain mills (except animal feed, breakfast cereal, rice)
- Cereal grain germ manufacturing
- Blended flour made in flour mills
- Flour, blended, prepared, or self-rising (except rice), made in flour mills
- Rye flour manufacturing
- Meal, corn, for human consumption made in flour mills
- Durum flour manufacturing
- Corn meal made in flour mills
- Graham flour manufacturing
- Hominy grits (except breakfast food), manufacturing
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Flour Milling in the US (31121)
Revenue 2025
$21.2bn
Growth 2025
-4.26%
Key Trends
Operators have responded to falling revenue by appealing to niche markets
Global economic conditions and public concern regarding gluten have constrained demand
Less volatile input prices will likely enable industry operators to anticipate commodity costs
Products and Services
Similar Industries
For some business types, there may be a similar industry to 311211 - Flour Milling that is a better classification match. Establishments primarily engaged in:
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NAICS Cross Reference
Milling rice or cleaning and polishing rice--are classified in U.S. Industry 311212, Rice Milling;
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Wet milling corn and vegetables--are classified in U.S. Industry 311221, Wet Corn Milling; and
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Crushing soybeans and extracting soybean oil--are classified in U.S. Industry 311224, Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing.
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NAICS Cross Reference
Preparing breakfast cereals from flour milled in the same establishment--are classified in Industry 311230, Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing;
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NAICS Cross Reference
Manufacturing prepared flour mixes or doughs from flour ground elsewhere--are classified in U.S. Industry 311824, Dry Pasta, Dough, and Flour Mixes Manufacturing from Purchased Flour;
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NAICS Hierarchy 311211 - Flour Milling
NAICS Code 311211 - Flour Milling sits in the 2-digit Flour Milling sector. NAICS codes can be 2- to 6-digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be. Learn more about the structure of NAICS codes
2 Digits: 31-33
Sector Title: Manufacturing
3 Digits 4 Digits 5 Digits 6 Digits
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3111 Animal Food Manufacturing
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31111 Animal Food Manufacturing
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3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling
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31121 Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing
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31122 Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing
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31123 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
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3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing
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31131 Sugar Manufacturing
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31134 Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing
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31135 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing
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3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing
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31141 Frozen Food Manufacturing
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31142 Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying
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3115 Dairy Product Manufacturing
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31151 Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing
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31152 Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing
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3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing
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31161 Animal Slaughtering and Processing
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3117 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
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31171 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
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3118 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
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31181 Bread and Bakery Product Manufacturing
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31182 Cookie, Cracker, and Pasta Manufacturing
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31183 Tortilla Manufacturing
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3119 Other Food Manufacturing
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31191 Snack Food Manufacturing
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31192 Coffee and Tea Manufacturing
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31193 Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing
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31194 Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing
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31199 All Other Food Manufacturing
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3121 Beverage Manufacturing
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31211 Soft Drink and Ice Manufacturing
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31212 Breweries
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31213 Wineries
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31214 Distilleries
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3122 Tobacco Manufacturing
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31223 Tobacco Manufacturing
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3131 Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
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31311 Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
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3132 Fabric Mills
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31321 Broadwoven Fabric Mills
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31322 Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery
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31323 Nonwoven Fabric Mills
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31324 Knit Fabric Mills
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3133 Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills
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31331 Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills
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31332 Fabric Coating Mills
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3141 Textile Furnishings Mills
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31411 Carpet and Rug Mills
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31412 Curtain and Linen Mills
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3149 Other Textile Product Mills
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31491 Textile Bag and Canvas Mills
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31499 All Other Textile Product Mills
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3151 Apparel Knitting Mills
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31511 Hosiery and Sock Mills
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31519 Other Apparel Knitting Mills
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3152 Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
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31521 Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors
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31522 Men’s and Boys’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
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31524 Women’s, Girls’, and Infants’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
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31528 Other Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
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3159 Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing
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31599 Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing
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3161 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
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31611 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
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3162 Footwear Manufacturing
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31621 Footwear Manufacturing
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3169 Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
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31699 Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
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