Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 3.4 Number of Establishments by Fuel Consumption, 2014;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: NAICS Codes; Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

 

 

 

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry

Any Energy 

Source(b)

Net 

Electricity(c)

Residual Fuel 

Oil

Distillate Fuel 

Oil(d)

Natural 

Gas(e)

HGL (excluding 

natural gasoline)(f) Coal

Coke and 

Breeze Other(g)

Total United States

311 Food 13,690 13,653 91 2,372 10,179 3,941 51 12 1,358

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 600 600 W 223 513 217 23 0 140

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 49 49 0 30 44 26 14 0 29

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 71 71 5 28 60 15 23 12 36

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 985 985 8 267 792 396 W 0 104

 3115 Dairy Product 992 992 16 161 795 207 W 0 47

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 1,603 1,603 24 282 1,347 260 W 0 111

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 2,443 2,443 W 369 1,157 1,178 12 0 242

 3121 Beverages 2,369 2,369 0 340 1,098 1,141 W 0 231

 3122 Tobacco 74 74 W 28 60 38 W 0 12

313 Textile Mills 1,355 1,355 Q 156 908 482 W 0 118

314 Textile Product Mills 4,277 4,277 W 53 2,512 1,231 7 0 23

315 Apparel 3,874 3,874 0 Q 1,174 Q 0 0 W

316 Leather and Allied Products 466 466 W 16 283 135 0 0 W

321 Wood Products 8,398 8,316 7 2,214 3,507 4,018 W 0 1,772

 321113 Sawmills 1,619 1,609 W 755 252 526 W 0 557

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 973 973 0 323 480 487 W 0 247

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 154 154 0 75 129 130 W 0 78

 3219 Other Wood Products 5,558 5,486 W 987 2,644 2,962 0 0 917

322 Paper 3,220 3,220 83 403 2,762 1,579 71 0 299

 322110 Pulp Mills 28 28 W 23 23 22 W 0 25

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 165 165 36 87 159 104 37 0 79

 322122 Newsprint Mills 18 18 0 14 14 13 W 0 18

 322130 Paperboard Mills 147 147 33 92 139 115 26 0 79

323 Printing and Related Support 14,005 14,005 W 292 9,028 2,329 0 0 471

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 1,918 1,904 105 829 1,407 614 11 0 365

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 174 174 W 67 168 103 W 0 109

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 1,285 1,275 96 575 863 246 0 0 154

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 162 158 W 59 144 134 W 0 42

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 86 86 0 48 73 43 W 0 43

325 Chemicals 8,530 8,530 47 1,609 6,513 2,862 62 0 1,211

 325110 Petrochemicals 44 44 0 19 33 19 0 0 23

 325120 Industrial Gases 427 427 0 59 203 54 0 0 46

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 511 511 0 200 407 205 5 0 141

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 211 211 0 69 200 42 10 0 37

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 69 69 0 22 44 20 0 0 14

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 518 518 W 218 420 260 10 0 200

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 844 844 Q 164 686 382 Q 0 146

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 85 85 0 22 71 40 W 0 15

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 89 89 3 16 72 40 5 0 9

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 133 133 W 30 120 22 0 0 25

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 57 57 W 28 34 18 W 0 17

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 1,199 1,199 0 182 931 230 W 0 59

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 601 601 0 119 512 73 W 0 40

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 121 121 W 10 105 29 0 0 11

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 8,217 8,217 0 661 6,267 4,657 W 0 733

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 12,184 12,174 Q 4,217 7,391 4,052 171 W 1,733

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 446 446 W 190 404 224 15 0 123

 327211 Flat Glass 50 50 0 35 47 37 0 0 27

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 194 194 0 24 174 49 0 0 36

 327213 Glass Containers 59 59 0 42 59 43 0 0 22

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 683 683 W 54 511 325 W 0 100

 327310 Cements 189 189 4 135 81 49 85 8 83

 327410 Lime 83 83 0 50 45 17 44 W 32

 327420 Gypsum 122 122 0 61 72 82 0 0 20

 327993 Mineral Wool 186 186 0 35 139 78 0 W 23

331 Primary Metals 3,138 3,129 10 915 2,674 1,768 20 84 714

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 345 345 W 165 312 164 W 15 145

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 470 470 0 145 339 320 0 0 138

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 383 374 4 118 338 212 0 0 79

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 96 96 0 34 82 46 0 0 11

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 57 57 W 21 55 37 0 0 17

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 191 182 W 32 164 111 0 0 33

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 662 662 0 126 507 341 W 13 130

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 108 108 0 30 96 79 W W 35

 3315 Foundries 1,278 1,278 W 362 1,177 731 W 56 222

 331511 Iron Foundries 320 320 W 196 303 216 W 56 90

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 254 254 0 29 230 135 0 0 51

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 268 268 W 40 238 162 0 0 44

332 Fabricated Metal Products 36,439 36,439 0 3,697 24,493 15,593 0 0 4,371

333 Machinery 15,307 15,307 W 1,027 11,481 6,384 W 0 1,694

334 Computer and Electronic Products 6,831 6,831 W 503 4,582 1,487 0 0 616

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 388 388 W 94 293 65 0 0 38

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 3,298 3,298 0 244 2,228 1,090 0 W 363

336 Transportation Equipment 6,603 6,603 6 1,042 5,108 3,447 W W 959
 336111 Automobiles 44 44 0 30 43 23 W 0 22

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 37 37 0 28 33 22 W 0 26

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 1,063 1,063 W 139 839 458 0 0 178

 336411 Aircraft 293 293 W Q 247 65 0 0 Q

337 Furniture and Related Products 7,913 7,913 0 Q 4,511 3,274 W 0 538

339 Miscellaneous 13,001 12,906 W 552 7,853 2,777 0 0 467

Total 175,107 174,860 580 21,683 116,018 63,212 473 113 18,068

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

 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.

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. The estimates presented in this table are for the total consumption of energy (formerly total inputs of energy) for the production of heat, 

power, and electricity generation, regardless of where the energy was produced. Specifically, the estimates include the quantities of energy that were originally produced offsite and purchased by or transferred to the 

establishment, plus those that were produced onsite from other energy or input materials not classified as energy, or were extracted from captive (onsite) mines or wells. During manufacturing processes, it is possible that the 

thermal energy content of an energy input is not completely consumed for the production of heat, power, or electricity generation. Hence, residuals of that input may remain. Those residual leftovers may be subsequently 

consumed for fuel purposes, whether onsite or offsite at another manufacturing establishment (for example, blast furnace gas as a byproduct recovered from coke and other inputs that were not completely consumed). In such 

cases, double counting of inputs cannot be avoided, and the "Fuel Consumption" estimates will be inflated. 

 (g) '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.

 (b) 'Any 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) 'Net Electricity' is obtained by summing purchases, transfers in, and generation from noncombustible renewable resources, minus quantities sold and transferred out. It does not include electricity inputs from onsite 

cogeneration or generation from combustible fuels because that energy has already been included as generating fuel (for example, coal).

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

 (e) '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.

 (f) 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). 
Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 3.4 Relative Standard Errors for Table 3.4;

 Unit: Percents.

 

 

 

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry

Any Energy 

Source(b)

Net 

Electricity(c)

Residual 

Fuel Oil

Distillate 

Fuel Oil(d)

Natural 

Gas(e)

HGL (excluding 

natural gasoline)(f) Coal

Coke and 

Breeze Other(g)

Total United States

311 Food 0.0 0.2 30.8 11.9 3.8 9.6 2.2 0.1 16.6

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 0.0 0.1 31.6 11.7 4.2 14.8 4.5 X 13.4

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

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 0.0 0.1 14.1 19.0 6.8 12.9 9.2 X 22.3

 3115 Dairy Product 0.0 0.1 23.7 18.7 5.0 17.4 7.1 X 17.5

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 0.0 0.1 18.2 11.5 4.0 13.1 27.8 X 12.1

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 0.0 0.1 0.1 18.4 9.2 9.5 5.0 X 27.1

 3121 Beverages 0.0 0.1 X 19.9 9.7 9.8 7.0 X 28.5

 3122 Tobacco 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 X 0.1

313 Textile Mills 0.0 0.1 54.0 28.8 9.0 16.4 52.6 X 40.7

314 Textile Product Mills 0.0 0.1 16.9 42.4 17.7 32.2 30.5 X 45.6

315 Apparel 0.0 0.1 X 74.0 41.4 58.5 X X 41.8

316 Leather and Allied Products 0.0 0.1 70.4 21.3 13.3 22.9 X X 24.1

321 Wood Products 0.0 0.9 8.5 8.1 7.7 6.8 8.3 X 10.5

 321113 Sawmills 0.0 0.4 5.5 6.7 10.2 9.4 5.5 X 8.4

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 0.0 0.1 X 14.9 11.0 11.2 17.7 X 14.3

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 0.0 0.1 X 19.0 6.2 4.1 17.7 X 18.8

 3219 Other Wood Products 0.0 1.3 7.6 16.4 9.9 8.8 X X 19.1

322 Paper 0.0 0.1 0.7 14.5 5.5 12.7 0.8 X 12.5

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

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 X 0.1

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

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

323 Printing and Related Support 0.0 0.1 52.1 41.9 5.7 16.1 X X 38.3

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 0.0 0.3 13.0 5.7 2.4 8.1 4.3 X 12.0

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 0.0 0.1 36.2 36.2 1.4 25.4 36.2 X 36.2

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 0.0 0.3 13.9 5.2 3.3 13.9 X X 10.5

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 0.0 1.8 4.0 8.0 3.6 3.5 4.0 X 10.4

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

325 Chemicals 0.0 0.1 42.8 10.6 3.8 9.3 14.0 X 14.1

 325110 Petrochemicals 0.0 0.1 X 26.6 26.6 36.4 X X 26.6

 325120 Industrial Gases 0.0 0.1 X 40.2 18.0 39.7 X X 46.8

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 0.0 0.1 X 19.0 8.8 18.3 12.7 X 21.6

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 0.0 0.1 X 15.1 1.0 26.7 15.5 X 10.4

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

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 0.0 0.1 12.4 17.1 9.0 14.2 21.8 X 18.0

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 0.0 0.1 59.3 14.0 5.6 12.1 53.7 X 18.9

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

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

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 0.0 0.1 22.9 24.5 2.6 26.4 X X 25.4

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

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 0.0 0.1 X 16.2 6.9 25.6 13.9 X 18.7

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 0.0 0.1 X 22.8 5.7 22.9 13.9 X 26.3

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 0.0 0.1 25.5 25.5 6.6 35.7 X X 25.5

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 0.0 0.1 X 27.7 4.8 7.5 90.4 X 25.6

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 0.0 0.1 88.4 10.6 6.3 10.7 19.3 20.3 17.5

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 0.0 0.1 42.1 10.9 2.4 10.0 9.6 X 11.1

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

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 0.0 0.1 X 23.5 5.3 22.8 X X 43.1

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

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 0.0 0.1 80.6 11.4 8.0 13.6 82.3 X 29.0

 327310 Cements 0.0 0.1 31.9 14.2 32.2 32.0 31.9 33.3 32.2

 327410 Lime 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 327420 Gypsum 0.0 0.1 X 17.3 17.6 15.7 X X 17.3

 327993 Mineral Wool 0.0 0.1 X 25.6 14.6 26.8 X 24.9 26.6

331 Primary Metals 0.0 0.2 4.5 6.3 2.0 4.3 5.0 19.9 5.5

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 0.0 0.1 3.3 3.6 0.3 3.7 3.3 3.3 4.6

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 0.0 0.1 X 22.4 10.9 8.1 X X 16.9

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 0.0 2.0 7.8 5.0 3.0 5.9 X X 8.1

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 0.0 0.1 X 0.1 0.1 0.1 X X 0.1

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 0.0 0.1 21.4 21.4 0.7 11.8 X X 21.4

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 0.0 4.1 10.0 11.7 6.1 10.6 X X 15.8

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 0.0 0.1 X 14.8 6.8 10.9 37.4 24.3 16.0

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 0.0 0.1 X 37.4 4.8 13.7 37.4 37.4 37.4

 3315 Foundries 0.0 0.1 9.4 11.9 1.4 8.0 18.5 29.1 9.8

 331511 Iron Foundries 0.0 0.1 18.5 17.7 1.6 16.6 18.5 29.1 20.3

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 0.0 0.1 X 18.5 2.3 12.1 X X 12.4

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 0.0 0.1 7.9 28.7 2.0 6.5 X X 13.2

332 Fabricated Metal Products 0.0 0.1 X 19.0 4.6 7.6 X X 17.2

333 Machinery 0.0 0.1 99.1 23.5 3.9 7.8 87.7 X 18.2

334 Computer and Electronic Products 0.0 0.1 11.6 28.7 7.1 18.9 X X 29.8

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 0.0 0.1 20.1 24.8 10.9 29.5 X X 20.1

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 0.0 0.1 X 37.3 9.4 18.4 X 9.9 34.7

336 Transportation Equipment 0.0 0.1 8.2 21.8 5.8 9.7 4.3 19.6 21.4

 336111 Automobiles 0.0 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0

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

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 0.0 0.1 11.4 30.9 6.8 13.8 X X 26.9

 336411 Aircraft 0.0 0.1 25.8 60.0 13.6 42.4 X X 50.6

337 Furniture and Related Products 0.0 0.1 X 50.3 8.6 11.5 59.6 X 33.5

339 Miscellaneous 0.0 0.7 6.0 35.5 6.7 15.8 X X 41.6

Total 0.0 0.1 22.1 4.9 1.6 2.8 9.8 14.9 5.8

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

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

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. The estimates presented in this table are for the total consumption of energy (formerly total inputs of energy) for the production of heat, 

power, and electricity generation, regardless of where the energy was produced. Specifically, the estimates include the quantities of energy that were originally produced offsite and purchased by or transferred to the 

establishment, plus those that were produced onsite from other energy or input materials not classified as energy, or were extracted from captive (onsite) mines or wells. During manufacturing processes, it is possible that 

the thermal energy content of an energy input is not completely consumed for the production of heat, power, or electricity generation. Hence, residuals of that input may remain. Those residual leftovers may be subsequently 

consumed for fuel purposes, whether onsite or offsite at another manufacturing establishment (for example, blast furnace gas as a byproduct recovered from coke and other inputs that were not completely consumed). In 

such cases, double counting of inputs cannot be avoided, and the "Fuel Consumption" estimates will be inflated. 

 * 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.

 (g) '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.

 (c) 'Net Electricity' is obtained by summing purchases, transfers in, and generation from noncombustible renewable resources, minus quantities sold and transferred out. It does not include electricity inputs from onsite 

cogeneration or generation from combustible fuels because that energy has already been included as generating fuel (for example, coal).

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

 (e) '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.

 (f) 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).