Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site and/or mining or quarrying dimension stone (i.e., rough blocks and/or slabs of stone).

Businesses classified here include

• Argillite mining or quarrying
• Basalt mining or quarrying
• Bluestone mining or quarrying
• Calcareous tufa mining or quarrying
• Diabase mining or quarrying
• Dimension stone mining or quarrying
• Diorite mining or quarrying
• Dolomite mining or quarrying
• Dolomitic marble mining or quarrying
• Flagstone mining or quarrying
• Gabbro mining or quarrying
• Gneiss mining or quarrying
• Granite mining or quarrying
• Greenstone mining or quarrying
• Limestone mining or quarrying
• Marble mining or quarrying
• Mica schist mining or quarrying
• Onyx marble mining or quarrying
• Quartzite dimension stone mining or quarrying
• Sandstone mining or quarrying
• Schist, mica, mining or quarrying
• Serpentine mining or quarrying
• Slate mining or quarrying
• Stone, dimension, mining or quarrying
• Syenite (except nepheline) mining or quarrying
• Trap rock mining or quarrying
• Travertine mining or quarrying
• Tufa, calcareous, mining or quarrying
• Verde' antique mining or quarrying
• Volcanic rock, mining or quarrying

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 212311), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for dimension stone mining and quarrying

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Dimension
• Stone
• Mining
• Quarrying
• Ridge

U.S. business numbers

Locations by number of employees nationwide

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.

Top states for dimension stone mining and quarrying

1. Pennsylvania 60 locations
2. Texas 41 locations
3. Georgia 23 locations
4. Oklahoma 23 locations
5. New York 20 locations
6. Indiana 19 locations
7. Tennessee 19 locations
8. Kansas 15 locations
9. Montana 15 locations
10. Vermont 15 locations

All 31 states

• Arizona (5)
• Arkansas (3)
• California (10)
• Colorado (14)
• Georgia (23)
• Idaho (7)
• Illinois (6)
• Indiana (19)
• Iowa (3)
• Kansas (15)
• Kentucky (4)
• Maine (5)
• Massachusetts (5)
• Michigan (3)
• Minnesota (4)
• Missouri (10)
• Montana (15)
• Nevada (4)
• New Mexico (3)
• New York (20)
• North Carolina (8)
• Ohio (13)
• Oklahoma (23)
• Pennsylvania (60)
• Tennessee (19)
• Texas (41)
• Utah (3)
• Vermont (15)
• Virginia (4)
• Washington (6)
• Wisconsin (9)

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