Cookie Business Name Ideas

60 name ideas for a cookie business, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.

Cookie Business name ideas

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How a cookie business is classified

For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a cookie business usually falls under NAICS 311821: Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing.

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing cookies, crackers, and other products, such as ice cream cones.

Businesses classified here include

  • Bakery products, dry (e.g., biscuits, cookies, crackers), manufacturing
  • Cones, ice cream, manufacturing
  • Cookies manufacturing
  • Cookies, filled, manufacturing
  • Crackers (e.g., graham, soda) manufacturing
  • Graham wafers manufacturing
  • Ice cream cones manufacturing
  • Saltines manufacturing
  • Soda crackers manufacturing

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 311821), U.S. Census Bureau.

Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing in the U.S. by the numbers

439Business locations (establishments)
31,632Paid employees (mid-March)
$1,572,064,000Annual payroll
$49,699Average pay per employee
72.1Average employees per location

Locations by number of employees nationwide

1-4154
5-958
10-1956
20-4977
50-9927
100-24929
250-49920
500-99916

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.

States with the most cookie and cracker manufacturing locations

  1. California 63 locations
  2. Texas 51 locations
  3. New York 35 locations
  4. Illinois 26 locations
  5. New Jersey 22 locations
  6. Pennsylvania 22 locations
  7. Florida 16 locations
  8. Ohio 15 locations
  9. Utah 14 locations
  10. Georgia 13 locations

Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.

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