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NAICS 312120, industry

NAICS 312120: Breweries

NAICS 312120 is the industry code for breweries. Use it on loan applications, tax forms and registrations. Explore financing for manufacturing and start your application when you are ready.

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What 312120 covers

Businesses classified here brew beer, ale, malt liquor and hard seltzer, including brewpubs where brewing is the main activity. Hard cider makers are also here.

Included in this code

  • Breweries
  • Craft and microbreweries
  • Brewpubs where brewing leads
  • Hard cider makers
  • Hard seltzer brewing
  • Contract brewing

Not this code

Businesses that use 312120

Craft brewery with a taproomRegional brewerCidery

Financing for this trade

Beverage makers use equipment loans for brewhouses, stills, tanks and canning or bottling lines, SBA 7(a) and 504 loans for production facilities and taprooms, and inventory financing on aging product. Lenders look at licensing, distributor agreements, direct to consumer sales and how long product ages before it sells.

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Is 312120 the right code for a brewery?

Yes, if your business brews beer, cider or hard seltzer. The code for restaurants serving beer they buy is 722511. 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 312120?

The SBA size standard for 312120 is 1,250 employees. A business at or under that headcount, counting affiliates, is small for SBA loans such as 7(a) and 504 and for federal contracting set asides. Employees are averaged across all pay periods over the past 24 months, including part time and temporary staff.

What financing do breweries use?

Beverage makers use equipment loans for brewhouses, stills, tanks and canning or bottling lines, SBA 7(a) and 504 loans for production facilities and taprooms, and inventory financing on aging product. Lenders look at licensing, distributor agreements, direct to consumer sales and how long product ages before it sells. Lenders that already fund this trade move faster because they know how to read its cash cycle.

What does NAICS 312120 cover?

Breweries. Industry level code in NAICS 2022, under 31-33 Manufacturing, 312 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing, 3121 Beverage manufacturing, 31212 Breweries.

What financing do NAICS 312120 businesses use?

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

Where do I put NAICS 312120?

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.