SIC 0279 Animal Specialties, Not Elsewhere Classified

SIC 0279

This category includes establishments primarily engaged in the production of animal specialties, not elsewhere classified, such as pets, bees, worms, and laboratory animals. This industry also includes establishments deriving 50 percent or more of their total value of sales of agricultural products from animal specialties, but less than 50 percent from products of any single industry. Establishments included in this group are alligator farms, apiaries, aviaries, cat farms, dog farms, frog farms, honey production farms, kennels that breed and raise their own stock, laboratory animal farms (rats, mice, guinea pigs), rattlesnake farms, and silk and silkworm farms.

NAICS CODE(S)

112910

Apiculture

112990

All Other Animal Production

Developments in this industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s included rising sales of exotic birds, which pet owners increasingly preferred over cats and dogs, as well as the expansion of the market for reptiles and their...