Meal Kit Company Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a meal kit company, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Meal Kit Company name ideas
Tap a name to read what its key word means and where it comes from. Always check trademarks and your state's business name rules before you register.
Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a meal kit company is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a meal kit company usually falls under NAICS 311991: Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing.
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing perishable prepared foods, such as salads, sandwiches, prepared meals, fresh pizza, fresh pasta, and peeled or cut vegetables.
Businesses classified here include
- Box lunches (for sale off premises) manufacturing
- Carrots, cut, peeled or sliced fresh, manufacturing
- Cole slaw, fresh, manufacturing
- Egg noodles, fresh, manufacturing
- Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale
- Fruit, cut or peeled, fresh, manufacturing
- Macaroni, fresh, manufacturing
- Noodles, fresh, manufacturing
- Pasta, fresh, manufacturing
- Pizzas, fresh, manufacturing
- Potatoes, peeled or cut, manufacturing
- Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 311991), U.S. Census Bureau.
Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing in the U.S. by the numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
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 perishable prepared food manufacturing locations
- California 194 locations
- New York 62 locations
- Texas 62 locations
- Illinois 44 locations
- Pennsylvania 44 locations
- Florida 43 locations
- New Jersey 35 locations
- Colorado 30 locations
- Michigan 28 locations
- Ohio 28 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.