Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 2.4 Number of Establishments by Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2014;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: NAICS Codes; Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry

Any Combustible 

Energy Source(b)

Residual Fuel 

Oil

Distillate Fuel 

Oil(c)

Natural 

Gas(d)

HGL (excluding 

natural gasoline)(e) Coal

Coke and 

Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

311 Food 747 0 10 Q W 0 0 561

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 43 0 W W 0 0 0 36

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 5 0 0 W 0 0 0 W

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 30 0 W W 0 0 0 W

 3115 Dairy Product 32 0 0 Q W 0 0 19

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 92 0 W 23 0 0 0 65

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 129 0 W Q 0 0 0 22

 3121 Beverages 124 0 W Q 0 0 0 18

 3122 Tobacco 6 0 W 0 0 0 0 5

313 Textile Mills 67 0 0 W W 0 0 46

314 Textile Product Mills W 0 0 W 0 0 0 W

315 Apparel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

316 Leather and Allied Products W W 0 0 W 0 0 0

321 Wood Products 399 W 68 Q Q 0 0 208

 321113 Sawmills 65 0 16 5 4 0 0 46

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 80 W W Q W 0 0 58

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 13 W W 0 0 0 0 12

 3219 Other Wood Products 231 0 W Q W 0 0 100

322 Paper 50 0 5 W W 0 0 49

 322110 Pulp Mills W 0 0 0 0 0 0 W

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 13 0 0 W 0 0 0 13

 322122 Newsprint Mills W 0 0 0 0 0 0 W

 322130 Paperboard Mills 14 0 W 0 W 0 0 13

323 Printing and Related Support 133 0 W W 0 0 0 W

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 1,244 0 31 17 7 15 W 1,224

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 1,081 0 20 W W 0 0 1,081

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 132 0 W 0 W W 0 132

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 26 0 W W 0 W W W

325 Chemicals 999 13 14 474 196 W W 408

 325110 Petrochemicals 22 W W W 18 0 0 11

 325120 Industrial Gases 27 0 0 11 W 0 0 W

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 75 9 3 Q W W W 47

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 27 0 0 W 3 0 0 Q

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 3 0 0 W 0 0 0 W

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 137 W 3 80 38 W 0 52

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 65 0 W 8 32 0 0 45

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 13 0 W 4 0 0 0 10

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 6 0 0 W 0 0 0 5

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 20 0 W 18 0 0 0 4

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers W 0 0 W 0 0 0 W

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 55 0 0 31 W 0 0 25

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 26 0 0 12 0 0 0 16

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 6 0 0 W W 0 0 W

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 871 0 0 Q Q 0 0 712

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 830 W Q Q Q 6 0 325

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 67 0 11 W W W 0 47

 327211 Flat Glass 18 0 W W W W 0 14

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Q 0 0 W W 0 0 3

 327213 Glass Containers W 0 0 0 W 0 0 W

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 29 0 W Q W 0 0 17

 327310 Cements 20 0 0 6 W 0 0 13

 327410 Lime W 0 0 0 W 0 0 W

 327420 Gypsum W 0 0 0 0 0 0 W

 327993 Mineral Wool 28 W W W W 0 0 7

331 Primary Metals 475 W 11 107 22 54 16 320

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 97 0 5 18 0 26 W 70

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 77 0 0 13 7 Q 0 49

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 77 W W 30 4 0 0 43

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 12 0 W W W 0 0 6

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 11 0 W W 0 0 0 8

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 45 W 0 21 W 0 0 21

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 76 0 0 21 0 6 W 50

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 11 0 0 0 0 W W 7

 3315 Foundries 149 0 W 25 11 10 4 108

 331511 Iron Foundries 49 0 0 W W 10 4 27

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 30 0 W W W 0 0 26

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 42 0 0 14 W 0 0 31
332 Fabricated Metal Products 2,681 0 0 593 Q W 0 2,087

333 Machinery 1,576 W Q Q 378 0 0 690

334 Computer and Electronic Products Q 0 W Q 0 0 0 Q

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 26 0 W 0 0 0 0 25

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 208 0 0 Q 0 0 W 97

336 Transportation Equipment 454 0 0 Q 16 W 0 313

 336111 Automobiles 9 0 0 W W 0 0 W

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 3 0 0 W W 0 0 W

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 37 0 0 3 8 0 0 28

 336411 Aircraft 8 0 0 0 W 0 0 6

337 Furniture and Related Products Q 0 0 0 Q 0 0 W

339 Miscellaneous 511 0 0 496 0 0 0 Q

Total 11,813 Q 693 2,825 1,199 82 22 7,304

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.'

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) 'Any Combustible Energy Source' represents the non-duplicative total of establishments identified with any of the listed energy sources. This count includes only those establishments that reported this 

activity in 2014.

 (c) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.

 (d) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any marketing subsidiaries of 

utilities.

 (e) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutane produced at refineries or natural 

gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids (NGL). 

 (f) 'Other' includes net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from renewables, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was used to produce heat and power or as feedstock/raw 

material inputs. 

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

 NA=Not available.

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. The derived estimates presented in this table are for the first use (formerly primary consumption) of energy for heat and 

power and as feedstocks or raw material inputs. First use is defined as the consumption of the energy that was originally produced offsite or was produced onsite from input materials not classified as energy. 

Examples of the latter are hydrogen produced from the electrolysis of brine; the output of captive (onsite) mines or wells; wood chips, bark, and wood waste from wood purchased as a raw material input; and 

waste materials, such as wastepaper and packing materials. First use excludes quantities of energy that are produced from other energy inputs and, therefore, avoids double counting.
Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 2.4 Relative Standard Errors for Table 2.4;

 Unit: Percents.

 

 

 

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry

Any Combustible 

Energy Source(b)

Residual Fuel 

Oil

Distillate Fuel 

Oil(c)

Natural 

Gas(d)

HGL (excluding 

natural gasoline)(e) Coal

Coke and 

Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

311 Food 24.9 X 26.2 53.1 84.4 X X 29.0

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 14.8 X 9.1 51.0 X X X 14.5

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 0.0 X X X X X X 0.0

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 0.1 X X 0.1 X X X 0.1

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 45.8 X 15.0 38.4 X X X 56.9

 3115 Dairy Product 33.1 X X 57.2 7.1 X X 43.2

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 26.3 X 75.0 49.0 X X X 32.3

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 41.4 X 94.3 59.7 X X X 30.7

 3121 Beverages 43.4 X 97.7 59.7 X X X 38.7

 3122 Tobacco 0.1 X 0.1 X X X X 0.1

313 Textile Mills 40.7 X X 89.9 64.4 X X 42.3

314 Textile Product Mills 87.2 X X 99.7 X X X 96.2

315 Apparel X X X X X X X X

316 Leather and Allied Products 77.8 91.1 X X 50.3 X X X

321 Wood Products 21.7 17.7 40.4 65.4 50.9 X X 18.4

 321113 Sawmills 10.0 X 27.1 15.2 5.5 X X 9.1

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 27.8 17.7 17.7 55.6 67.7 X X 33.1

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 23.6 17.7 17.7 X X X X 24.6

 3219 Other Wood Products 36.1 X 85.7 82.4 76.1 X X 32.8

322 Paper 20.0 X 5.9 0.1 0.0 X X 20.4

 322110 Pulp Mills 0.0 X X X X X X 0.0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 0.1 X X 0.1 X X X 0.1

 322122 Newsprint Mills 0.0 X X X X X X 0.0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 X X 0.0

323 Printing and Related Support 42.7 X 77.1 97.0 X X X 49.6

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 2.1 X 10.0 29.4 6.5 15.9 0.0 2.2

 324110 Petroleum Refineries X X X X X X X X

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 2.4 X 15.1 37.2 4.2 X X 2.4

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 3.7 X 4.0 X 4.0 75.6 X 3.7

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0

325 Chemicals 17.1 10.7 14.5 27.3 39.6 43.0 12.7 22.5

 325110 Petrochemicals 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 X X 26.6

 325120 Industrial Gases 36.3 X X 16.7 15.0 X X 61.7

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 22.9 12.7 12.7 54.0 12.7 64.6 12.7 25.4

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 43.2 X X 7.3 8.8 X X 52.0

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 0.0 X X 0.0 X X X 0.0

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 21.4 12.4 12.4 35.6 17.1 12.4 X 16.3

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 13.2 X 50.3 13.1 13.7 X X 15.7

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 X X X 0.0

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 0.0 X X 0.0 X X X 0.0

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 22.9 X 22.9 22.9 X X X 22.9

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 0.0 X X 0.0 X X X 0.0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 26.3 X X 40.7 16.7 X X 24.6

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 27.8 X X 35.7 X X X 33.6

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 25.5 X X 25.5 25.5 X X 25.5

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 24.3 X X 57.3 61.9 X X 27.9

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 26.9 62.8 53.7 56.3 70.1 30.7 X 38.1

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 15.8 X 8.3 46.4 8.3 8.3 X 20.5

 327211 Flat Glass 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 75.1 X X 96.6 21.2 X X 21.2

 327213 Glass Containers 0.0 X X X 0.0 X X 0.0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 32.8 X 10.6 58.0 10.6 X X 44.2

 327310 Cements 31.9 X X 31.9 31.9 X X 31.9

 327410 Lime 0.0 X X X 0.0 X X 0.0

 327420 Gypsum 17.3 X X X X X X 17.3

 327993 Mineral Wool 41.7 62.8 24.9 83.2 89.4 X X 47.6

331 Primary Metals 6.8 10.0 4.5 12.7 16.7 14.9 7.8 8.3

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 8.4 X 3.3 3.3 X 3.3 3.3 13.0

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 25.2 X X 37.3 38.1 68.6 X 34.3

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 16.4 10.0 13.0 33.4 14.3 X X 17.5

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 0.1 X 0.1 0.1 0.1 X X 0.1

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 21.4 X 21.4 21.4 X X X 21.4

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 27.5 10.0 X 46.8 19.5 X X 34.5

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 15.3 X X 32.7 X 37.5 16.7 16.8

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 37.4 X X X X 37.4 37.4 37.4

 3315 Foundries 11.7 X 10.4 14.2 23.2 18.5 18.5 13.8

 331511 Iron Foundries 25.1 X X 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.5 35.7

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 26.2 X 9.6 9.6 9.6 X X 29.9

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 13.4 X X 23.0 7.9 X X 14.3

332 Fabricated Metal Products 23.1 X X 48.8 89.1 4.5 X 26.7

333 Machinery 19.2 69.9 65.9 54.7 42.2 X X 28.3

334 Computer and Electronic Products 52.6 X 20.1 57.8 X X X 56.0

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 20.1 X 20.1 X X X X 20.1

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 42.1 X X 71.8 X X 9.9 41.2

336 Transportation Equipment 35.0 X X 56.1 13.4 46.2 X 45.4

 336111 Automobiles 0.0 X X 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 0.0 X X 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 25.7 X X 11.9 23.8 X X 31.1

 336411 Aircraft 42.2 X X X 53.3 X X 48.2

337 Furniture and Related Products 74.7 X X X 75.5 X X 7.0

339 Miscellaneous 38.7 X X 39.8 X X X 57.9

Total 7.3 57.4 29.5 15.8 23.5 10.7 5.7 9.4

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 (b) 'Any Combustible Energy Source' represents the non-duplicative total of establishments identified with any of the listed energy sources. This count includes only those establishments that reported this activity in 

2014.
 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. The derived estimates presented in this table are for the first use (formerly primary consumption) of energy for heat and power and 

as feedstocks or raw material inputs. First use is defined as the consumption of the energy that was originally produced offsite or was produced onsite from input materials not classified as energy. Examples of the latter 

are hydrogen produced from the electrolysis of brine; the output of captive (onsite) mines or wells; wood chips, bark, and wood waste from wood purchased as a raw material input; and waste materials, such as 

wastepaper and packing materials. First use excludes quantities of energy that are produced from other energy inputs and, therefore, avoids double counting.

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.'

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

 NA=Not available.

 X=Not defined because RSE corresponds to a value of zero.

 -- Estimation is not applicable. Energy source is not included in series.

 (f) 'Other' includes net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from renewables, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was used to produce heat and power or as feedstock/raw material 

inputs. 

 (c) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.

 (d) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any marketing subsidiaries of utilities.

 (e) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutane produced at refineries or natural gas 

processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids (NGL).