How did Animal (except Poultry) Sla… move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering slipped from #79 to #125 of 499 ranked industries (SLIP); share of tracked industry dollars went from 0.16% to 0.082%. That is a 46-place move over 5 years.

Where does the MFG sector placement for Animal (except Poultry) Sla… come from?

Sector 31 (Manufacturing) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering ranks #8 of 36 classified industries there (SLICE), taking 5.6% of $10.9B.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 311611 · Manufacturing

Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

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Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 311611 in Manufacturing.

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CY2024 awards: $613.6M
Corpus rank: #125 of 499
Award plate: MID
Sector: MFG · SLICE

Animal (except Poultry) Sla… federal industry awards

Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (NAICS 311611) ranks #125 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $613.6M.

PlainFedContract reports USAspending.gov calendar-2024 awards under NAICS 311611. Stamp board: MID · MFG · SLIP. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering’s annual contract dollars fell from $779.5M in 2023 to $613.6M in 2024. 21.3% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2019 at $882.8M.

Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering annual contract dollars, calendar 2019-2024

Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.

Source: USAspending.gov spending_by_category

How Animal (except Poultry) Sla… leads the CY2024 industry award board

$613.6M · #125 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.

$613.6M under NAICS 311611 · #125 of 499 , MID · MFG · SLICE · SLIP. 2019→2024: 79→125 of 499 (0.16%→0.082% of tracked industry dollars) ; #8/36 in MFG. That is a 46-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Poultry Processing at $618.7M (MID).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 311611 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight sits in a mid band within MFG. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.

Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mega-scale industry peers nationwide

Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.

Closest CY2024 award dollars

Poultry Processing $618.7M
Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing $607.1M
All Other Specialty Trade Contractors $585.3M
All Other Legal Services $580.3M
All Other Travel Arrangement $568.7M
Other Individual and Family Services $659.3M

Similar sector weight

All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction 5.6% · $283.1M
Software Publishers 5.5% · $1.0B
All Other Professional 5.8% · $14.0B
Passenger Car Leasing 5.4% · $92.2M
Electrical Apparatus and Equipment 6.0% · $545.9M
Office Machinery 5.2% · $88.9M

Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Compiled from USAspending.gov by the PlainFedContract editorial process.

Compiled by PlainFedContract, Government Agencies Editorial Process · August 14, 2026

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