NAICS 221111 · Utilities
Hydroelectric Power Generation: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 552 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating hydroelectric power generation facilities. These facilities use water power to drive a turbine and produce electric energy. The electric energy produced in these establishments is provided to electric power transmission systems or to electric power distribution systems.
Businesses classified here include
- Electric power generation, hydroelectric
- Hydroelectric power generation
- Power generation, hydroelectric
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 221111), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for hydroelectric power generation
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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 hydroelectric power generation
- New York 56 locations
- Wisconsin 45 locations
- Idaho 36 locations
- California 35 locations
- Maine 30 locations
- Michigan 28 locations
- New Hampshire 27 locations
- Massachusetts 23 locations
- Washington 19 locations
- Oregon 18 locations
All 38 states
- Alabama (11)
- Alaska (12)
- Arizona (6)
- Arkansas (4)
- California (35)
- Colorado (9)
- Connecticut (8)
- Florida (5)
- Georgia (8)
- Hawaii (3)
- Idaho (36)
- Illinois (5)
- Indiana (3)
- Iowa (5)
- Kentucky (3)
- Maine (30)
- Maryland (10)
- Massachusetts (23)
- Michigan (28)
- Minnesota (11)
- Missouri (4)
- Montana (12)
- New Hampshire (27)
- New Jersey (3)
- New York (56)
- North Carolina (15)
- Ohio (6)
- Oregon (18)
- Pennsylvania (12)
- South Carolina (17)
- Tennessee (4)
- Texas (6)
- Utah (11)
- Vermont (12)
- Virginia (11)
- Washington (19)
- West Virginia (8)
- Wisconsin (45)
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