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Federal NAICS Codes
NAICS 311111
Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
Explore obligations, trends, recent awards, and incumbent contractors for NAICS 311111.
NAICS 311111 federal market metrics
- Total obligations
- $332.4M
- Total awards
- 738 awards
- Active obligations
- $383.2K
- Size standard
- 1,250 employees
What this NAICS covers
NAICS 311111 covers manufacturing pet foods for dogs and cats, including formulation, mixing, extrusion, canning, packaging, and bulk blending of dry and wet pet food products under controlled food safety processes.
Federal opportunities under 311111 typically involve producing specification-driven pet food batches, meeting ingredient sourcing and labeling requirements, supplying sealed retail or bulk packaging, and adhering to food safety, shelf-life, and traceability deliverables.
FY2025 snapshot
- Obligations
- $10.1M
- Awards
- 14
- Average award
- $722K
- Change from FY2024
- +5,678.2%
Federal obligation trend
FY2021
$128.8K · 3 awards
FY2022
$66.7K · 4 awards
FY2023
$232.1K · 3 awards
FY2024
$174.9K · 9 awards
FY2025
$10.1M · 14 awards
FY2026
$13.2M · 207 awards
Recent awards
$1,907
$858
$477
$1,907
$3,710
$572
$2,383
FAQ
What work fits NAICS 311111?
- Produce dry kibble blended and extruded to meet specified macronutrient profiles and packaged in sealed bags with lot coding.
- Manufacture wet or canned cat and dog food using cooking, retorting, sealing, and labeling to specified recipes and shelf-life requirements.
- Produce therapeutic or specialty pet diets to provided formulations, including batching, dedicated lines, and finished product segregation.
- Package bulk bags or retail case goods with palletization, lot traceability, and expiration dates for distribution or direct delivery.
When is NAICS 311111 a weak fit?
- Livestock or production animal feed manufacturing where ingredient formulations, labeling, and distribution target livestock rather than companion animals, because species-specific pet food formulation and packaging distinguish this NAICS.
- Ingredient production such as rendering, oil extraction, or isolated ingredient manufacturing that supplies raw materials but does not produce finished pet food products, because finished packaged product production is required here.
- Retail or wholesale distribution of pet food without manufacturing or packaging activity, because distribution and resale lack the production and packaging processes covered by this code.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 311111?
- Product specifications list finished-product nutritional profile, guaranteed analysis, and required label content and lot-level traceability.
- Purchase order or line items call out bag weights, case counts, pallet configurations, required shelf-life or expiry dates, and delivery of sealed retail or bulk packaging.
- Staffing or evaluation criteria request food production operators, quality control technicians, packaging line operators, or metal-detect and QA inspection capabilities.
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