Analysis
NAICS 562213 is the 2022 national industry for solid waste combustors and incinerators, part of 56221 (Waste Treatment and Disposal). Census lists 9 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 64 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 2,390 people at an average annual payroll of $106,029 per employee (87th percentile of national industries). 28% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 4th of the 4 codes at this level within Waste Treatment and Disposal, with 1.9% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include combustors, nonhazardous solid waste, garbage disposal combustors or incinerators, incinerators, nonhazardous solid waste and power generation, nonhazardous solid waste combustor or…, among 9 in all.
Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 562211, 562212, 221320 and 562219. 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.
For example, operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste are classified in 562211 (Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste. These establishments may produce byproducts, such as electricity and steam.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste | 562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal |
| Operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste | 562212 Solid Waste Landfill |
| Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities | 221320 Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| Operating nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except landfills, combustors, incinerators, and sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities) | 562219 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal |
Index entries (9)
- Combustors, nonhazardous solid waste
- Garbage disposal combustors or incinerators
- Incinerators, nonhazardous solid waste
- Power generation, nonhazardous solid waste combustor or incinerator electric
- Refuse disposal combustors or incinerators
- Rubbish disposal combustors or incinerators
- Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous
- Trash disposal combustors or incinerators
- Waste disposal combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous solid