NAICS 212322 · Mining

Industrial Sand Mining: Business Name Ideas

48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 207 U.S. business locations broken down by state.

What this industry covers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) operating industrial grade sand pits; (2) dredging for industrial grade sand; and (3) washing, screening, or otherwise preparing industrial grade sand.

Businesses classified here include

  • Abrasive sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Blast sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Enamel sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Filtration sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Foundry sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Glass sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Grinding sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Industrial sand beneficiating (e.g., screening, washing)
  • Industrial sand sandpits and dredging
  • Molding sand quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Sand, blast, quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Sand, industrial (e.g., engine, filtration, glass grinding, proppant), quarrying and/or beneficiating
  • Silica mining and/or beneficiating
  • Silica sand quarrying and/or beneficiating

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 212322), U.S. Census Bureau.

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U.S. business numbers

207Business locations (establishments)
5,612Paid employees (mid-March)
$469,740,000Annual payroll
$83,703Average pay per employee
27.1Average employees per location

Locations by number of employees nationwide

1-452
5-937
10-1930
20-4951
50-9928
100-2499

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 industrial sand mining

  1. Texas 50 locations
  2. Wisconsin 24 locations
  3. Florida 12 locations
  4. Illinois 9 locations
  5. Ohio 8 locations
  6. Oklahoma 8 locations
  7. Arkansas 7 locations
  8. New Jersey 7 locations
  9. North Carolina 7 locations
  10. South Carolina 7 locations

All 22 states

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