56292

Analysis

NAICS 56292 is the 2022 NAICS industry for materials recovery facilities, part of 5629 (Remediation and Other Waste Management Services).

It has only one more detailed code, 562920, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 1,399 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 25,328 people at an average annual payroll of $62,275 per employee (38th percentile of national industries). 40% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Remediation and Other Waste Management Services, with 10.9% of them.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 1% and employment rose 16%. 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.