Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 8.5 Number of Establishments by Management Decision-Making Process, 2014;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Participation of Management Decision-Making Process;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry Establishments(b)

Energy Consumption 

Becoming Higher Priority for 

Establishment

Management 

Sometimes Supports 

Projects to Improve 

Energy Consumption

Energy Consumption 

are Rarely a Part of 

Management DecisionMaking Don't Know

Total United States

311 Food 13,690 5,588 4,334 2,286 1,482

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 600 453 105 10 32

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 49 39 4 W W

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 71 41 20 W W

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 985 558 313 95 20

 3115 Dairy Product 992 426 363 82 120

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 1,603 761 593 122 128

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 2,443 831 946 428 237

 3121 Beverages 2,369 801 919 W W

 3122 Tobacco 74 30 27 W W

313 Textile Mills 1,355 586 472 267 30

314 Textile Product Mills 4,277 730 1,046 2,043 Q

315 Apparel 3,874 Q 1,497 1,695 Q

316 Leather and Allied Products 466 W 153 218 W

321 Wood Products 8,398 1,996 2,684 2,904 815

 321113 Sawmills 1,619 514 595 W W

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 973 236 355 275 107

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 154 87 W W 0

 3219 Other Wood Products 5,558 1,189 1,590 2,219 560

322 Paper 3,220 1,243 1,458 371 Q

 322110 Pulp Mills 28 22 6 0 0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 165 134 17 W W

 322122 Newsprint Mills 18 W W 0 0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 147 123 18 W W

323 Printing and Related Support 14,005 2,556 5,354 4,899 1,197

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 1,918 930 682 147 159

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 174 94 77 0 3

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 1,285 712 415 33 125

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 162 63 81 15 3

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 86 20 48 W W

325 Chemicals 8,530 3,208 3,071 1,585 666

 325110 Petrochemicals 44 38 6 0 0

 325120 Industrial Gases 427 282 50 W W

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 511 179 200 114 19

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 211 165 29 4 13

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 69 32 22 W W

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 518 243 160 75 Q

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 844 403 248 147 Q

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 85 31 44 7 4

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 89 53 24 W W

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 133 66 Q W W

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 57 15 21 W W

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 1,199 398 396 363 Q

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 601 162 252 W W

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 121 36 15 64 6

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 8,217 2,979 3,783 933 522

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 12,184 3,857 5,106 2,374 847

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 446 254 136 42 15

 327211 Flat Glass 50 39 11 0 0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 194 78 49 63 3

 327213 Glass Containers 59 45 W W W

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 683 175 310 190 7

 327310 Cements 189 156 11 0 Q

 327410 Lime 83 60 6 W W

 327420 Gypsum 122 81 15 W W

 327993 Mineral Wool 186 70 107 W W

331 Primary Metals 3,138 1,253 1,267 420 198

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 345 196 99 23 27

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 470 205 163 53 Q

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 383 166 155 51 11

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 96 39 40 W W

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 57 31 W W W

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 191 71 81 35 4

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 662 253 219 145 Q

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 108 64 26 11 7

 3315 Foundries 1,278 432 630 148 Q

 331511 Iron Foundries 320 103 156 Q Q

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 254 101 111 Q 11

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 268 95 140 W W

332 Fabricated Metal Products 36,439 6,858 14,549 13,715 1,317

333 Machinery 15,307 3,562 7,420 3,362 963

334 Computer and Electronic Products 6,831 1,636 2,276 2,292 627

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 388 111 116 105 56

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 3,298 W 1,088 1,069 W

336 Transportation Equipment 6,603 1,815 3,320 1,036 432

 336111 Automobiles 44 35 W W W

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 37 26 W 0 W

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 1,063 276 462 204 121

 336411 Aircraft 293 77 104 71 Q

337 Furniture and Related Products 7,913 1,549 2,858 3,059 448

339 Miscellaneous 13,001 2,430 3,657 5,834 1,080

Total 175,107 45,264 67,020 50,937 11,887

 (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.

Management Decision-Making Process

 (b) The 'Establishments' column includes those units which reported any of the three listed management decision-making processes in use anytime in 2014, plus those units where management decision-making 

processes were not ascertained.

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.'
Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 8.5 Relative Standard Errors for Table 8.5;

 Unit: Percents.

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry Establishments(b)

Energy Consumption 

Becoming Higher Priority for 

Establishment

Management 

Sometimes Supports 

Projects to Improve 

Energy Consumption

Energy Consumption 

are Rarely a Part of 

Management DecisionMaking Don't Know

Total United States

311 Food 0.0 7.0 8.8 15.1 19.1

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 0.0 4.5 17.5 30.9 23.0

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 0.0 9.6 15.9 39.0 39.6

 3115 Dairy Product 0.0 9.9 12.9 38.1 26.0

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 0.0 8.8 11.4 39.8 37.6

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 0.0 11.4 11.7 22.4 27.6

 3121 Beverages 0.0 11.9 12.0 23.1 28.2

 3122 Tobacco 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

313 Textile Mills 0.0 14.1 17.0 27.3 42.2

314 Textile Product Mills 0.0 41.6 33.5 21.2 60.2

315 Apparel 0.0 52.7 32.9 30.4 72.8

316 Leather and Allied Products 0.0 18.9 21.2 17.9 46.4

321 Wood Products 0.0 10.5 8.7 9.5 21.7

 321113 Sawmills 0.0 7.9 8.5 15.1 23.0

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 0.0 17.4 13.6 21.3 42.3

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 0.0 16.9 23.3 15.5 X

 3219 Other Wood Products 0.0 16.8 13.8 11.8 30.0

322 Paper 0.0 14.4 13.7 37.2 62.0

 322110 Pulp Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 322122 Newsprint Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X

 322130 Paperboard Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

323 Printing and Related Support 0.0 15.4 9.6 10.4 25.3

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 0.0 4.7 6.8 19.0 20.6

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 0.0 26.5 33.6 X 26.6

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 0.0 4.5 7.9 27.0 19.3

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 0.0 8.6 7.1 32.3 4.0

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

325 Chemicals 0.0 7.8 8.9 14.0 25.2

 325110 Petrochemicals 0.0 3.3 20.3 X X

 325120 Industrial Gases 0.0 9.4 30.1 35.7 23.4

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 0.0 17.9 20.3 32.3 27.2

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 0.0 2.8 10.8 7.0 18.3

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

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 0.0 14.8 19.3 47.1 68.4

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 0.0 11.1 16.4 23.5 50.5

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 0.0 47.1 50.9 25.2 25.2

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 0.0 14.0 14.4 21.2 54.2

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 0.0 15.5 16.2 32.7 66.3

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 0.0 27.0 21.8 21.7 21.8

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 0.0 11.3 9.3 24.5 34.2

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 0.0 10.9 9.1 16.2 28.3

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 0.0 7.8 12.2 41.4 20.0

 327211 Flat Glass 0.0 0.0 0.0 X X

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 0.0 33.6 27.8 48.8 20.5

 327213 Glass Containers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 0.0 19.5 14.1 22.0 10.3

 327310 Cements 0.0 9.3 29.2 X 59.6

 327410 Lime 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 327420 Gypsum 0.0 18.4 43.1 65.5 60.5

 327993 Mineral Wool 0.0 28.4 19.6 20.8 20.8

331 Primary Metals 0.0 4.6 5.4 15.7 25.6

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 0.0 2.4 3.2 3.2 3.2

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 0.0 15.2 15.4 43.9 50.2

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 0.0 5.7 8.2 32.4 6.6

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

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 0.0 14.4 17.1 17.1 17.1

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 0.0 11.7 15.1 47.4 9.3

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 0.0 11.5 15.3 24.5 57.7

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 0.0 18.1 26.2 26.2 26.2

 3315 Foundries 0.0 8.6 8.4 32.1 53.6

 331511 Iron Foundries 0.0 18.7 19.4 55.8 80.1

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 0.0 13.9 12.3 58.7 37.8

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 0.0 9.7 9.0 50.5 7.7

332 Fabricated Metal Products 0.0 13.3 8.0 8.5 33.7

333 Machinery 0.0 11.8 6.8 12.6 26.0

334 Computer and Electronic Products 0.0 16.8 14.3 14.2 32.1

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 0.0 23.1 31.5 45.3 40.5

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 0.0 18.4 18.9 19.7 77.0

336 Transportation Equipment 0.0 15.3 10.0 23.6 39.9

 336111 Automobiles 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 0.0 15.8 14.1 27.5 44.1

 336411 Aircraft 0.0 35.9 36.3 44.3 74.3

337 Furniture and Related Products 0.0 18.9 12.8 12.4 40.8

339 Miscellaneous 0.0 16.5 12.9 9.1 27.8

Total 0.0 3.4 2.8 3.6 7.9

 (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.

Management Decision-Making Process

 (b) The 'Establishments' column includes those units which reported any of the three listed management decision-making processes in use anytime in 2014, plus those units where management decision-making 

processes were not ascertained.

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