Released: July 2013 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 2.4 Number of Establishments by Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2010;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: NAICS Codes; Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Any Combustible

NAICS Energy Residual Distillate LPG and Coke

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Source(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Natural Gas(d) NGL(e) Coal and Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

311 Food 592 W Q Q Q 0 0 345

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 85 0 W 15 Q 0 0 57

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing W 0 W 0 W 0 0 W

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Foods 70 W W W W 0 0 Q

 3115 Dairy Products 20 0 6 5 4 0 0 10

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 81 W 3 6 W 0 0 72

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 133 W W Q W 0 0 14

 3121 Beverages 125 W W W W 0 0 11

 3122 Tobacco 9 0 0 W 0 0 0 3

313 Textile Mills 87 0 0 W Q 0 0 Q

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

315 Apparel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

321 Wood Products 631 Q 134 Q 63 0 0 487

 321113 Sawmills 210 0 47 4 W 0 0 159

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 116 W Q 4 Q 0 0 105

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 21 0 W W 0 0 0 18

 3219 Other Wood Products 259 0 Q W Q 0 0 195

322 Paper 271 0 7 W Q 0 0 201

 322110 Pulp Mills 6 0 W 0 W 0 0 W

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 18 0 W W 0 0 0 16

 322122 Newsprint Mills 5 0 W 0 0 0 0 5

 322130 Paperboard Mills 18 0 W W W 0 0 15

323 Printing and Related Support Q 0 W W W 0 0 10

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 138 W 52 7 26 5 4 81

 324110 Petroleum Refineries(g)(h) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 87 W 45 W 12 0 0 52

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 21 W W 0 0 5 4 15

325 Chemicals 907 15 Q 226 281 12 Q 468

 325110 Petrochemicals 27 W W 3 22 0 0 13

 325120 Industrial Gases Q 0 0 Q W 0 0 5

 325181 Alkalies and Chlorine 11 0 W 0 W W 0 10

 325182 Carbon Black 16 W W 9 0 0 0 3

 325188 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 92 0 Q 9 W W Q 59

 325192 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates 6 0 0 W W 0 0 5

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 21 0 W W 5 0 0 14

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 150 0 4 42 27 4 0 119

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 98 0 4 9 54 0 W 63

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 13 0 0 W W 0 0 9

 325222 Noncellulosic Organic Fibers W 0 0 W 0 0 0 W

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 25 0 0 17 0 0 0 11

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 8 W W W 0 0 0 4

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines Q 0 W Q 0 0 0 14

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 13 0 W 5 0 0 0 9

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 8 0 W W 0 0 0 W

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 605 0 W Q Q 0 0 284

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 964 W 417 Q Q Q 0 387

 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile 8 0 W W 0 W 0 W

 327211 Flat Glass 19 0 W 0 W W 0 17

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 11 0 0 W W 0 0 7

 327213 Glass Containers 12 0 W 0 0 0 0 11

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 33 0 W 12 W 0 0 21

 327310 Cements 37 W W 7 5 0 0 30

 327410 Lime 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

 327420 Gypsum 6 0 W 0 0 0 0 6

 327993 Mineral Wool 11 0 4 0 W 0 0 9

331 Primary Metals 474 W 22 92 32 59 41 320

 331111 Iron and Steel Mills 103 0 4 28 5 35 14 56

 331112 Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Products 13 0 W W W W W W
Released: July 2013 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 2.4 Number of Establishments by Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2010;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: NAICS Codes; Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Any Combustible

NAICS Energy Residual Distillate LPG and Coke

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Source(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Natural Gas(d) NGL(e) Coal and Breeze Other(f)

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 64 0 W W W W W W

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 41 0 0 11 3 0 0 29

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 8 0 0 W W 0 0 6

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 6 0 0 W 0 0 0 4

 331316 Aluminum Extruded Products 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 10

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 118 0 7 4 9 6 7 102

 331419 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals, except Copper and Aluminum 20 0 0 W W 6 0 13

 3315 Foundries 135 W 6 39 9 11 12 77

 331511 Iron Foundries 60 0 W 16 W 11 W 24

 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries 18 0 0 W W 0 0 16

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 28 W W 9 W 0 0 17

332 Fabricated Metal Products 1,892 0 W Q Q W W 1,379

333 Machinery 1,421 0 234 240 462 0 0 816

334 Computer and Electronic Products 269 0 0 W Q 0 0 267

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 55 0 0 0 W 0 0 55

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 482 0 W Q W W W 262

336 Transportation Equipment 976 0 56 Q 221 W 0 807

 336111 Automobiles 3 0 W 0 W 0 0 W

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

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 67 0 W 8 9 0 0 46

 336411 Aircraft 7 0 0 0 W 0 0 W

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

339 Miscellaneous 1,208 0 0 389 620 0 0 Q

Total 11,560 93 1,353 1,897 2,612 118 68 6,568

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the 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 2010.

 (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) Examples of Liquefied Petroleum Gases '(LPG)' are 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 energy that respondents indicated was used as

feedstock/raw material inputs. See also Footnote 'g'.

 (g) For the petroleum refining industry only, the feedstocks and raw

material inputs for the production of nonenergy products (i.e., asphalt, waxes,

lubricants, and solvents) and feedstock consumption at adjoining petrochemical

plants are included in the 'Other' column, regardless of type of energy.

Those inputs and feedstocks that were converted to other energy products

(e.g., crude oil converted to residual and distillate fuel oils) are excluded.

 (h) The establishment counts from the current frame represent the best classifications

available according to current procedures. However, some errors in classification 

can produce results that are in obvious disagreement with other known sources. Such is the

case for Petroleum Refineries, NAICS 324110. Upon later examination, this industry includes 

establishments that should probably be classified in other industries within 324. Their 

influence on energy consumption quantities should be minimal due to the relatively much 

higher energy intensities of correctly classified petroleum refineries.

 NF=No applicable RSE row/column factor.

 * 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.
Released: July 2013 

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 2.4 Number of Establishments by Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2010;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: NAICS Codes; Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

Any Combustible

NAICS Energy Residual Distillate LPG and Coke

Code(a) Subsector and Industry Source(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Natural Gas(d) NGL(e) Coal and Breeze Other(f)

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; woodchips, bark, and woodwaste

 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: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption

and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2010 Manufacturing Energy Consumption

Survey,' and Office of Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics, Form EIA-810,

Monthly Refinery Report' for 2010.