NAICS 311211 · Manufacturing

Flour Milling: Business Name Ideas

48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 348 U.S. business locations broken down by state.

What this industry covers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) milling flour or meal from grains (except rice) or vegetables and/or (2) milling flour and preparing flour mixes or doughs.

Businesses classified here include

  • Barley flour manufacturing
  • Batters, prepared, made in flour mills
  • Blended flour made in flour mills
  • Brewers' and distillers' flakes and grits, corn, manufacturing
  • Buckwheat flour manufacturing
  • Bulgur (flour) manufacturing
  • Cereal grain flour manufacturing
  • Cereal grain germ manufacturing
  • Corn flour manufacturing
  • Corn meal made in flour mills
  • Doughs, prepared, made in flour mills
  • Durum flour manufacturing
  • Farina (except breakfast food) made in flour mills
  • Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice)
  • Flour mixes made in flour mills
  • Flour, blended, prepared, or self-rising (except rice), made in flour mills
  • Fruit flour, meal, and powders, manufacturing
  • Graham flour manufacturing
  • Grain mills (except animal feed, breakfast cereal, rice)
  • Grits and flakes, corn brewer's, manufacturing
  • Hominy grits (except breakfast food), manufacturing
  • Meal, corn, for human consumption made in flour mills
  • Mixes, flour (e.g., biscuit, cake, doughnut, pancake) made in flour mills
  • Oat flour manufacturing
  • Potato flour manufacturing
  • Prepared flour mixes made in flour mills
  • Rye flour manufacturing
  • Semolina flour manufacturing
  • Sorghum flour manufacturing
  • Vegetable flour manufacturing

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 311211), U.S. Census Bureau.

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U.S. business numbers

348Business locations (establishments)
15,658Paid employees (mid-March)
$1,040,423,000Annual payroll
$66,447Average pay per employee
45.0Average employees per location

Locations by number of employees nationwide

1-454
5-925
10-1957
20-49115
50-9962
100-24927
250-4997

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.

Top states for flour milling

  1. California 29 locations
  2. Texas 28 locations
  3. Kansas 18 locations
  4. Indiana 17 locations
  5. North Carolina 17 locations
  6. Illinois 15 locations
  7. Minnesota 15 locations
  8. Missouri 14 locations
  9. New York 14 locations
  10. Ohio 14 locations

All 35 states

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