Commercial bakeries (NAICS 311812): high award volume, $2.53 billion obligated

825,778 awards on a bakery code

Dividing $2,529,394,854.51 by 825,778 produces about $3,063 per award. That low average plus a very high count is the signature of delivery orders, calls, and modifications against food-supply vehicles rather than a handful of factory-construction contracts. The packet does not prove that every row is a bread delivery; it only shows that 825,778 contract records carry 311812.

Census commercial bakeries manufacture fresh or frozen bread and other bakery products other than cookies and crackers (those have other codes). On a federal award the six digits are the reported industry. Commissary, subsistence, and similar food buys can land here when the contracting office used 311812.

Obligations on a high-volume supply code

Each delivery order can be a separate award row in USAspending.gov. That architecture explains how 825,778 actions can coexist with a $2.53 billion obligation stock that is large but not aircraft-manufacturing large. The obligation column still means committed amounts, not invoices cleared.

Nutrition assistance and school-meal grants are usually assistance instruments without NAICS. They are outside $2,529,394,854.51. Mixing SNAP or child-nutrition outlays with this bakery contract total would blend two feeds.

What the count is not

825,778 is not 825,778 bakeries and not 825,778 loaves. It is an award-record count, including modifications that keep the code. A subsistence IDIQ can generate a large share of those rows. The industry hub is where recipient concentration can be inspected.

Neighboring food NAICS

Cookie and cracker manufacturing, perishable prepared food, and poultry processing are separate codes when tagged that way. Their dollars and award counts are not inside this bakery rollup. Compare them on the all-industries index without adding the totals unless you cite each code.

Using the commercial-bakeries hub

The Commercial Bakeries industry page lists the USAspending.gov actions behind $2.53 billion and 825,778 awards. Sort there for agencies and vendors. This guide cites only the packet’s two quantitative facts plus the NAICS name.

Citing bakery contracts without mistaking orders for bakeries

Quote $2,529,394,854.51 as USAspending contract obligations on 825,778 awards tagged NAICS 311812. Lead with the award count if the question is volume of actions; lead with the dollars if the question is obligated value. Do not describe 825,778 as a plant census.

Food-supply contracting often uses frequent, modest orders. That pattern can make the average look small while the obligation stock still exceeds $2.5 billion. Neither statistic is a unit price for bread. Option years and catalog buys can add rows before invoices catch up. Outlays are not in the packet.

If a contracting office recodes later orders to a different food NAICS, new actions leave 311812 while historical rows remain. Warehouse refreshes can move both the $2,529,394,854.51 and the 825,778 count. Treat the live table as current.

Assistance without NAICS stays outside. Retail grocery NAICS and cookie manufacturing are different lines. Quote USAspending.gov, quote obligations, quote 825,778 awards, and open the hub for recipients. Stop before converting commercial bakeries into a farm-policy story this packet does not support.

Readers quoting this industry should keep two packet facts in one sentence: $2,529,394,855 in USAspending.gov contract obligations and 825,778 awards tagged NAICS 311812 (COMMERCIAL BAKERIES). Dropping either figure hides whether the book is a few large vehicles or many small orders. The rounded obligation used for citation is $2,529,394,855; cents on the source total, if any, do not change the industry identity of the code.

COMMERCIAL BAKERIES shows an extremely high award-record count (825,778), the signature of delivery orders and modifications against supply vehicles. Treat that figure as rows in the award feed, not as plants, routes, or meals. Food-manufacturing codes record procurement of tagged products, not nutrition-assistance benefits and not farm-program outlays. COMMERCIAL BAKERIES stays on the contract slice. Record corrections in the USAspending.gov warehouse can move both the $2,529,394,855 and the 825,778-award count. Treat the live COMMERCIAL BAKERIES industry page as current and this file as a reading of the harvested packet.

Internal comparison belongs on the all-industries index, where NAICS 311812 sits beside other six-digit contract totals. Adding neighboring codes by hand creates a new total this packet does not contain; cite each NAICS if you add. Assistance awards that omit NAICS remain outside $2,529,394,855. Outlays remain unpublished here. Quote obligations, quote 825,778 awards, cite USAspending.gov, and open the overlay hub for recipients rather than inventing agencies, fiscal years, or unit counts the packet does not list.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 311812 commercial bakeries?

USAspending.gov contract awards tagged Commercial Bakeries show $2,529,394,854.51 in obligations. That sum sits on 825,778 awards and is a commitment total, not grocery sales or nutrition-benefit outlays. USAspending.gov is the source for the $2,529,394,855 obligation stock and the 825,778 contract awards tagged COMMERCIAL BAKERIES (NAICS 311812). Assistance awards that omit NAICS are outside both figures.

Why are there more than 800,000 awards?

The indexed file contains 825,778 contract records with NAICS 311812, including delivery orders and modifications. Food-supply vehicles often generate many small actions. The count is not a count of bakeries. Keep the citation on contract obligations: $2,529,394,855 on 825,778 awards coded NAICS 311812. Outlays, grants without NAICS, and unit counts are not in the packet that produced this page.

Does this include SNAP or school-meal grants?

No. Those programs are typically assistance awards that may lack NAICS. They are not in the $2,529,394,854.51 industry total, which is the contract slice tagged 311812. The industry hub lists the underlying USAspending.gov rows. This answer restates only packet facts: NAICS 311812, $2,529,394,855 obligated, and 825,778 awards for COMMERCIAL BAKERIES.

Is $3,000 the price of a bakery contract?

The implied average from $2,529,394,854.51 divided by 825,778 is only a ratio of the two packet facts. It is not a catalog price and not a median order. Open the industry table for individual actions. Do not treat 825,778 as establishments or $2,529,394,855 as cash disbursed. Both numbers describe USAspending.gov contract actions tagged NAICS 311812 (COMMERCIAL BAKERIES), not assistance and not outlays.