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NAICS 112910, industry

NAICS 112910: Apiculture

NAICS 112910 is the industry code for apiculture. Use it on loan applications, tax forms and registrations. Explore financing for agriculture and start your application when you are ready.

What 112910 covers

Businesses classified here keep bees to produce honey and wax or to rent hives for crop pollination.

Included in this code

  • Honey production
  • Beekeeping
  • Pollination hive rental
  • Queen bee and package bee production
  • Beeswax production

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Businesses that use 112910

Migratory beekeeper renting hives to almond growersHoney farmQueen bee breeder

Financing for this trade

Beekeepers use equipment loans for trucks, forklifts and extraction gear, operating lines repaid by pollination contracts and honey sales, and livestock style loans secured by hives. Lenders look at pollination contracts and colony loss history.

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Is 112910 the right code for a beekeeping operation?

Yes, if your business keeps bees for honey or pollination. The code for honey bottling and processing from purchased honey is 311999. Pick the code that matches the activity earning most of your revenue, and use that same code on your tax return, loan applications and SBA forms so lenders see one consistent picture.

What is the SBA size standard for 112910?

The SBA size standard for 112910 is $3.25 million in average annual receipts. A business at or under that figure, counting affiliates, is small for SBA loans such as 7(a) and 504 and for federal contracting set asides. Receipts are averaged over the five most recently completed fiscal years.

What financing do beekeepers use?

Beekeepers use equipment loans for trucks, forklifts and extraction gear, operating lines repaid by pollination contracts and honey sales, and livestock style loans secured by hives. Lenders look at pollination contracts and colony loss history. Lenders that already fund this trade move faster because they know how to read its cash cycle.

What does NAICS 112910 cover?

Apiculture. Industry level code in NAICS 2022, under 11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, 112 Animal production and aquaculture, 1129 Other animal production, 11291 Apiculture.

What financing do NAICS 112910 businesses use?

Equipment financing, working capital, SBA loans and invoice factoring are the products placed most for agriculture businesses. Start an application and the AI matches the deal to lenders that fund this code.

Where do I put NAICS 112910?

On the SBA loan application, on federal Schedule C or Form 1120, on SAM.gov and state registrations, and on most lender applications. A business can report more than one code; use this one if it describes what produces most of your revenue.