NAICS 311615 · Manufacturing
Poultry Processing: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 519 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) slaughtering poultry and small game and/or (2) preparing processed poultry and small game meat and meat byproducts.
Businesses classified here include
- Canning poultry (except baby and pet food)
- Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food)
- Chickens, slaughtering and dressing
- Dressing small game
- Ducks, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked
- Ducks, slaughtering and dressing
- Geese, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked
- Geese, slaughtering and dressing
- Hams, poultry, manufacturing
- Hot dogs, poultry, manufacturing
- Luncheon meat, poultry, manufacturing
- Meat canning, poultry (except baby and pet food), manufacturing
- Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages) made from a combination of poultry and other meats
- Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing
- Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing
- Poultry canning (except baby, pet food)
- Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing
- Processed poultry manufacturing
- Rabbits processing (i.e., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen)
- Rabbits slaughtering and dressing
- Small game, processing, fresh, frozen, canned or cooked
- Small game, slaughtering, dressing and packing
- Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked
- Turkeys, slaughtering and dressing
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 311615), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for poultry processing
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U.S. business 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.
Top states for poultry processing
- Arkansas 44 locations
- California 44 locations
- Georgia 44 locations
- Alabama 39 locations
- Texas 38 locations
- North Carolina 28 locations
- New York 25 locations
- Minnesota 18 locations
- Mississippi 17 locations
- Ohio 17 locations
All 33 states
- Alabama (39)
- Arkansas (44)
- California (44)
- Colorado (4)
- Delaware (7)
- Florida (3)
- Georgia (44)
- Illinois (12)
- Indiana (14)
- Iowa (6)
- Kentucky (8)
- Louisiana (8)
- Maryland (5)
- Michigan (6)
- Minnesota (18)
- Mississippi (17)
- Missouri (13)
- Nebraska (4)
- New Jersey (16)
- New York (25)
- North Carolina (28)
- Ohio (17)
- Oklahoma (9)
- Oregon (5)
- Pennsylvania (16)
- South Carolina (13)
- South Dakota (5)
- Tennessee (8)
- Texas (38)
- Virginia (13)
- Washington (3)
- Wisconsin (7)
- Wyoming (4)