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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 2411 - Logging

Industry Description

Establishments primarily engaged in cutting timber and in producing rough, round, hewn, or riven primary forest or wood raw materials, or in producing wood chips in the field. Independent contractors engaged in estimating or trucking timber, but who perform no cutting operations, are classified in nonmanufacturing industries. Establishments primarily engaged in the collection of bark, sap, gum, and other forest products are classified in Forestry, Major Group 08.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 2411 - Logging are:

  • Bolts, wood: e.g., handle, heading, shingle, stave
  • Burls, wood
  • Driving timber
  • Fuel wood harvesting
  • Last blocks, wood: hewn or riven
  • Logging contractors
  • Logs
  • Mine timbers, hewn
  • Peeler logs
  • Pickets and paling: round or split
  • Piling, wood: untreated
  • Pole cutting contractors
  • Poles, wood: untreated
  • Posts, wood: hewn, round, or split
  • Pulpwood camps
  • Pulpwood contractors engaged in cutting
  • Rails fence: round or split
  • Saw logs
  • Skidding logs
  • Stumping for turpentine or powder manufacturing
  • Stumps
  • Timber (product of logging camps)
  • Veneer logs
  • Wood chips, produced in the field

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Logging in the US (11331)

Revenue 2025

$16.1bn

Growth 2025

0.25%

Key Trends

  • Much of industry growth is due to pandemic price conditions occurring in 2020 and in 2021

  • Demand for logging is affected by the number of new houses built

  • The value of residential construction is expected to decelerate over the next five years

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 2411 - Logging

US-SIC Code 2411 - Logging sits in the 2-digit Logging sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.

Division: D

Division Title: Manufacturing

2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits

Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 2411 - Logging

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2411 - Logging. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 241101 Pulpwood (manufacturers)
  • 241102 Logging companies
  • 241103 Log scalers
  • 241104 Pole & piling-manufacturers
  • 241105 Wood-manufacturers
  • 241198 Logging

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 24110000 Logging
  • 24110100 Wooden bolts, hewn
  • 24110101 Handle bolts, wood: hewn
  • 24110102 Heading bolts, wood: hewn
  • 24110103 Shingle bolts, wood: hewn
  • 24110104 Stave bolts, wood: hewn
  • 24110200 Poles, posts, and pilings: untreated wood
  • 24110201 Driving and booming timber
  • 24110202 Mine timbers, hewn
  • 24110203 Pickets and paling: round or split
  • 24110204 Piling, wood: untreated
  • 24110205 Pole cutting contractors
  • 24110206 Poles, wood: untreated
  • 24110207 Posts, wood: hewn, round, or split
  • 24110208 Rails, fence: round or split
  • 24110209 Stumps, wood
  • 24110300 Wooden logs
  • 24110301 Peeler logs
  • 24110302 Pulpwood camp not operating a pulp mill at same site
  • 24110303 Pulpwood contractors engaged in cutting
  • 24110304 Saw logs
  • 24110305 Skidding logs
  • 24110306 Veneer logs
  • 24119900 Logging, nec
  • 24119901 Fuel wood harvesting
  • 24119902 Last blocks, wood: hewn or riven
  • 24119903 Logging camps and contractors
  • 24119904 Stumping for turpentine or powder manufacturing
  • 24119905 Timber, cut at logging camp
  • 24119906 Wheelstock, hewn
  • 24119907 Wood chips, produced in the field

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Each US SIC Code is part of a Division, which corresponds with a numerical range. Select a Division category from the table below, then drill down to discover the industries within that Division.

Division US-SIC Code Sector title
A 01-09 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
D 20-39 Manufacturing
E 40-49 Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
F 50-51 Wholesale Trade
G 52-59 Retail Trade
H 60-67 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
I 70-89 Services
J 90-99 Public Administration

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