Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 8.8 Number of Establishments by Participation in Setting Goals for Improving Energy Consumption, 2014;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Participation and Policies Influencing Energy Consumption Goals;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry No Participation Participation(b) Don't Know

Legal 

Requirement

Voluntary 

Programs

Corporate 

Policy Customer Requirements

Government 

Incentives Don't Know

Total United States

311 Food 5,501 4,515 3,674 933 2,674 2,753 1,274 1,141 Q

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 144 365 91 97 178 267 78 104 8

 311221 Wet Corn Milling W 34 W 12 26 29 10 W W

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 22 31 18 15 12 19 10 W 0

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 310 480 195 88 305 321 132 124 W

 3115 Dairy Product 304 481 206 148 258 287 141 161 W

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 464 803 335 184 495 519 220 126 7

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 1,116 896 431 225 644 572 120 284 0

 3121 Beverages 1,077 872 420 W 631 558 W W 0

 3122 Tobacco 39 24 12 W 14 14 W W 0

313 Textile Mills 631 534 190 117 366 353 Q 89 W

314 Textile Product Mills 2,490 1,221 566 Q 906 Q 31 Q 0

315 Apparel 1,352 803 1,719 Q 348 Q W W 0

316 Leather and Allied Products 320 99 Q 15 58 33 W W W

321 Wood Products 3,936 1,824 2,637 505 1,042 631 364 527 49

 321113 Sawmills 746 424 449 145 287 176 80 W 25

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 412 350 211 110 214 219 60 112 W

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 59 77 18 44 65 63 26 44 0

 3219 Other Wood Products 2,662 1,009 1,887 237 520 202 217 249 W

322 Paper 1,520 1,299 401 580 625 805 335 462 Q

 322110 Pulp Mills W W 0 11 21 17 12 9 0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 19 133 13 43 100 107 33 55 W

 322122 Newsprint Mills W W 0 7 12 12 W 8 W

 322130 Paperboard Mills 13 130 4 45 83 97 30 38 W

323 Printing and Related Support 6,989 2,877 4,139 455 1,863 1,042 566 616 W

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 617 805 497 199 461 573 90 135 26

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 21 91 62 26 51 78 W 16 W

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 363 581 341 144 344 394 72 94 18

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 56 73 34 14 44 59 11 15 W

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 44 27 15 W 10 21 W W W

325 Chemicals 3,381 2,929 2,219 653 1,541 2,041 484 440 Q

 325110 Petrochemicals W 28 W 9 15 21 0 W W

 325120 Industrial Gases 70 145 212 48 Q 140 34 20 W

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 195 232 84 41 143 166 30 28 W

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 30 158 24 50 110 109 18 42 0

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 29 32 8 10 22 25 W W W

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 164 281 73 57 155 231 36 34 Q

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 416 315 113 105 156 229 43 104 W

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 26 36 23 8 23 29 6 5 0

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 33 37 19 4 26 28 6 6 0

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 22 70 Q 6 24 Q W 6 W

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 16 18 23 W 10 13 W W 0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 488 387 325 63 203 287 42 53 W

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 232 172 197 37 96 125 34 38 0

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 37 26 58 W 19 19 6 7 0

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 3,425 2,793 1,999 715 2,183 1,793 665 769 0

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 5,703 3,832 2,649 826 2,129 2,454 296 461 303

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 161 222 63 39 93 167 29 31 W

 327211 Flat Glass W 34 W 10 23 23 W 9 W

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 118 72 4 7 51 35 12 17 W

 327213 Glass Containers 9 39 12 W 15 35 W 8 0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 340 245 97 Q 146 95 Q 70 9

 327310 Cements Q 109 Q 20 58 95 9 15 W

 327410 Lime 20 52 11 15 34 44 19 16 W

 327420 Gypsum Q 84 8 7 34 81 W 22 0

 327993 Mineral Wool 32 110 44 16 34 97 8 8 W

331 Primary Metals 1,526 965 647 217 615 563 150 187 17

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 125 149 71 29 106 106 21 26 W

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 201 128 140 20 62 74 18 27 0

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 182 136 66 37 75 98 8 29 W

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 42 40 14 14 18 23 W 9 W

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 28 W W 5 12 20 W W 0

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 100 50 41 9 25 37 W 8 W

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 322 166 173 35 104 100 22 30 5

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 30 23 55 5 11 12 W W W

 3315 Foundries 695 386 197 95 269 185 80 74 4

 331511 Iron Foundries 148 105 Q 15 80 51 16 18 W

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 120 76 58 15 51 44 14 12 W

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 135 90 43 29 51 47 25 14 0

332 Fabricated Metal Products 21,629 5,597 9,213 1,429 2,730 2,076 2,213 1,702 W

333 Machinery 8,343 3,460 3,504 666 1,971 1,980 360 770 Q

334 Computer and Electronic Products 3,621 1,640 1,570 323 1,059 944 247 385 W

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 106 190 93 55 150 98 43 37 W

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 2,042 614 642 242 394 457 204 220 0

336 Transportation Equipment 3,112 2,031 1,461 426 1,063 1,576 580 324 W

 336111 Automobiles W 35 W W 25 30 W 7 0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 5 32 0 11 21 30 W 7 W

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 401 398 265 112 243 317 125 84 W

 336411 Aircraft Q 109 116 16 56 100 14 3 0

337 Furniture and Related Products 4,528 1,598 1,787 254 1,425 389 Q 430 0

339 Miscellaneous 7,894 2,151 2,956 279 1,507 928 145 513 W

Total 89,676 42,483 42,948 9,595 25,605 22,927 8,801 9,568 1,110

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

 * 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.

Policies that Influenced Energy Consumption Goals

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

 (b) The 'Participation' column includes those units which reported any of the five listed policies that influenced energy consumption goals at anytime in 2014, plus those units where the policies that influenced energy consumption goals was not 

ascertained.
Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 8.8 Relative Standard Errors for Table 8.8;

 Unit: Percents.

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry No Participation Participation(b) Don't Know

Legal 

Requirement

Voluntary 

Programs

Corporate 

Policy

Customer 

Requirements

Government 

Incentives Don't Know

Total United States

311 Food 7.5 7.8 10.4 16.9 10.8 10.1 16.4 17.6 55.6

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 23.0 9.3 29.3 16.1 11.9 10.6 15.2 17.8 7.5

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

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 15.1 11.0 23.4 29.9 16.3 15.2 28.1 22.7 80.2

 3115 Dairy Product 15.4 9.3 17.6 20.0 12.5 12.1 20.7 21.2 80.6

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 14.7 8.6 18.9 23.0 11.0 10.9 17.7 16.3 47.3

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 10.1 11.5 18.7 26.9 14.5 13.8 12.0 22.4 X

 3121 Beverages 10.4 11.8 19.2 27.5 14.8 14.2 12.2 22.6 X

 3122 Tobacco 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X

313 Textile Mills 13.3 15.2 29.6 42.5 21.3 20.0 58.5 47.2 9.8

314 Textile Product Mills 16.9 31.0 49.9 69.5 38.1 57.3 43.9 54.0 X

315 Apparel 34.2 48.7 30.0 75.0 47.6 62.9 91.7 59.4 X

316 Leather and Allied Products 10.6 27.0 51.0 39.4 21.1 23.7 14.9 22.2 88.8

321 Wood Products 6.9 11.3 9.8 21.6 14.5 12.1 29.0 18.7 37.9

 321113 Sawmills 7.1 9.0 11.4 14.3 11.2 12.2 23.3 13.8 31.7

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 13.7 15.5 23.8 24.0 20.6 18.4 23.1 23.5 10.4

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 26.1 17.0 23.1 20.6 18.0 18.2 26.5 20.9 X

 3219 Other Wood Products 9.7 19.3 13.0 43.6 27.0 29.8 47.4 37.1 80.9

322 Paper 13.1 14.1 33.3 25.0 17.1 18.3 31.2 26.2 69.3

 322110 Pulp Mills 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 322122 Newsprint Mills 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

323 Printing and Related Support 7.6 14.8 11.7 39.8 19.2 25.4 35.3 34.1 98.8

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 6.8 4.9 9.5 8.1 5.8 5.8 11.0 8.9 26.5

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 26.6 26.6 48.4 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 9.3 5.1 8.3 9.7 6.3 6.4 12.8 11.4 39.1

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 11.2 7.1 15.5 24.1 9.4 7.4 31.2 19.3 4.0

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

325 Chemicals 8.2 8.2 11.5 17.5 12.0 9.1 24.6 18.7 56.0

 325110 Petrochemicals 20.3 20.3 57.6 20.3 20.3 20.3 X 20.3 20.3

 325120 Industrial Gases 31.2 17.9 16.1 33.4 54.3 18.2 34.6 21.5 13.7

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 19.4 15.1 34.2 20.0 20.5 20.2 23.0 24.2 86.3

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 11.8 5.3 35.7 20.9 8.5 8.5 19.4 11.7 X

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

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 21.4 13.0 36.6 23.3 19.4 15.5 24.0 30.4 53.8

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 10.7 12.6 27.0 23.3 16.7 15.5 19.3 24.3 7.9

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X

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

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 28.2 44.9 77.3 36.9 25.8 60.4 25.2 36.9 25.2

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 13.7 14.6 19.6 29.6 19.2 16.5 28.8 15.3 15.9

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 18.6 15.4 23.2 33.8 16.9 16.3 35.1 18.9 X

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 26.7 21.8 23.2 21.8 21.8 21.8 21.8 21.8 X

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 10.2 11.8 15.3 27.6 14.1 15.7 29.9 25.8 X

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 8.2 10.9 14.9 28.4 16.3 14.1 35.7 30.9 49.5

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 11.8 9.0 17.5 15.1 21.0 12.4 28.5 18.3 8.0

 327211 Flat Glass 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 14.8 23.2 20.5 23.6 26.2 21.9 39.4 23.0 20.5

 327213 Glass Containers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 13.0 17.6 22.3 62.2 23.9 29.5 61.9 43.4 41.3

 327310 Cements 81.0 30.8 54.7 29.2 29.3 31.7 29.2 29.5 29.2

 327410 Lime 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 327420 Gypsum 55.3 18.1 20.0 16.0 16.0 18.4 16.0 16.0 X

 327993 Mineral Wool 30.0 17.7 30.1 43.8 27.8 22.5 20.8 20.8 20.8

331 Primary Metals 4.6 5.5 9.6 9.6 7.2 5.3 14.0 10.7 9.0

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 5.6 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 15.4 17.7 22.0 32.8 20.1 21.5 30.7 44.4 X

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 7.6 4.7 18.0 3.2 4.2 5.3 4.2 3.2 32.1

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 17.6 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.1 X

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 12.9 10.7 28.5 9.3 9.3 10.8 9.3 9.3 66.5

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 11.0 14.1 21.2 22.4 18.5 15.9 39.2 16.5 11.5

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 26.2 26.2 25.4 26.2 26.2 26.2 26.2 26.2 26.2

 3315 Foundries 7.0 10.6 19.1 19.0 14.0 10.0 22.9 20.3 11.2

 331511 Iron Foundries 20.3 19.5 51.3 16.7 22.1 18.5 33.1 29.8 16.7

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 12.8 12.0 21.7 11.0 14.4 13.4 10.4 19.8 9.1

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 9.2 13.7 10.9 38.2 15.6 16.1 44.5 16.6 X

332 Fabricated Metal Products 5.4 14.9 11.3 30.8 22.0 23.8 25.8 29.0 87.4

333 Machinery 6.0 12.1 12.3 31.7 16.7 16.6 42.3 28.9 61.5

334 Computer and Electronic Products 9.3 16.6 18.6 36.8 21.4 21.8 37.5 36.4 18.4

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 33.4 20.1 39.1 31.9 26.3 24.8 37.8 21.9 18.4

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 10.0 22.6 27.4 40.3 29.9 25.1 44.1 40.9 X

336 Transportation Equipment 10.7 13.6 19.5 28.6 18.1 15.6 27.5 30.5 82.6

 336111 Automobiles 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X

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

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 16.6 15.1 24.6 32.0 17.8 17.2 28.3 25.3 91.2

 336411 Aircraft 52.8 33.5 37.2 32.2 32.2 35.9 32.9 23.5 X

337 Furniture and Related Products 8.4 18.8 18.1 45.2 20.5 35.9 56.4 35.4 X

339 Miscellaneous 6.5 17.5 15.1 49.4 21.4 25.9 39.1 37.8 98.8

Total 2.1 3.6 4.0 8.4 4.7 4.7 9.6 7.9 22.9

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

 * 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.

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Policies that Influenced Energy Consumption Goals

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

 (b) The 'Participation' column includes those units which reported any of the five listed policies that influenced energy consumption goals at anytime in 2014, plus those units where the policies that influenced energy consumption goals was not 

ascertained.