Analysis
NAICS 213113 is the 2022 national industry for support activities for coal mining, part of 21311 (Support Activities for Mining). Census lists 26 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 15% and employment fell 3%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
County Business Patterns counts 190 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 4,265 people at an average annual payroll of $79,447 per employee (68th percentile of national industries). 44% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 5th of the 5 codes at this level within Support Activities for Mining, with 1.6% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include anthracite mine tunneling on a contract basis, anthracite mining services on a contract basis (except…, auger coal mining services on a contract basis (except… and bituminous coal mining services on a contract basis (except…, among 26 in all.
Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 541360, 21211 and 238910. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing support activities for coal mining (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities) on a contract or fee basis. Exploration for coal is included in this industry. Exploration services include traditional prospecting methods, such as taking core samples and making geological observations at prospective sites.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Performing geophysical surveying and mapping services for coal on a contract or fee basis | 541360 Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services |
| Operating coal mines or quarries on a contract or fee basis | 21211 Coal Mining, based on the type of mine |
| Site preparation and related construction activities on a contract or fee basis | 238910 Site Preparation Contractors |
Index entries (26)
- Anthracite mine tunneling on a contract basis
- Anthracite mining services on a contract basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities)
- Auger coal mining services on a contract basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities)
- Bituminous coal mining services on a contract basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities)
- Bituminous coal or lignite surface mine site development (except site preparation and related construction contractor activities) on a contract basis
- Bituminous coal stripping service on a contract basis
- Bituminous or lignite auger mining service on a contract basis
- Blasting services, coal mining, on a contract basis
- Coal mining services on a contract basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities)
- Coal mining support services on a contract basis (e.g., tunneling, blasting, training, overburden removal) (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities)
- Culm bank recovery, anthracite, on a contract basis
- Culm bank recovery, coal, on a contract basis
- Draining or pumping coal mines on a contract basis
- Drilling services for coal mining on a contract basis
- Exploration services for coal (except geophysical surveying and mapping) on a contract basis
- Lignite mining services on a contract basis (except geophysical surveying and mapping, site preparation, construction, and transportation activities)
- Mine shaft sinking services for coal mining on a contract basis
- Mine tunneling services for coal mining on a contract basis
- Overburden removal for coal mining on a contract basis
- Prospect and test drilling services for coal mining on contract basis
- Pumping or draining coal mines on a contract basis
- Removal of overburden for coal mining on a contract basis
- Shaft sinking for coal mines on a contract basis
- Sinking shafts for coal mining on a contract basis
- Stripping overburden services for coal mining on a contract basis
- Tunneling services for coal mining on a contract basis