Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in cutting, forming, and joining heavy gauge metal to manufacture tanks, vessels, and other containers.

Businesses classified here include

• Absorbers, gas, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Accumulators, industrial pressure vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Acetylene cylinders, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Air receiver tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Annealing vats, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Autoclaves, industrial-type, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Caissons, underwater work, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Columns, fractionating, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Cryogenic tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Cylinders, pressure, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Digesters, industrial-type, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Farm storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Fermentation tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Gas storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Kettles, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders manufacturing
• Liquid oxygen tanks manufacturing
• Nuclear waste casks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Oil storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Petroleum storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Pots (e.g., annealing, melting, smelting), heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Retorts, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Septic tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Smelting pots and retorts manufacturing
• Stills, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Vacuum tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
• Vats, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 332420), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for metal tank (heavy gauge) manufacturing

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Metal
• Tank
• Heavy
• Gauge
• Works
• Forge
• Precision
• Machine
• Steel
• Made

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 metal tank (heavy gauge) manufacturing

1. Texas 128 locations
2. California 45 locations
3. Ohio 40 locations
4. Pennsylvania 35 locations
5. Wisconsin 30 locations
6. Oklahoma 28 locations
7. Missouri 22 locations
8. North Carolina 22 locations
9. Illinois 20 locations
10. Indiana 20 locations

All 40 states

• Alabama (18)
• Alaska (4)
• Arizona (7)
• Arkansas (5)
• California (45)
• Colorado (7)
• Florida (19)
• Georgia (17)
• Idaho (7)
• Illinois (20)
• Indiana (20)
• Iowa (8)
• Kansas (18)
• Kentucky (19)
• Louisiana (12)
• Maryland (4)
• Massachusetts (7)
• Michigan (14)
• Minnesota (20)
• Mississippi (12)
• Missouri (22)
• Nebraska (4)
• New Jersey (7)
• New Mexico (6)
• New York (20)
• North Carolina (22)
• North Dakota (3)
• Ohio (40)
• Oklahoma (28)
• Oregon (9)
• Pennsylvania (35)
• South Carolina (11)
• Tennessee (14)
• Texas (128)
• Utah (6)
• Virginia (8)
• Washington (11)
• West Virginia (5)
• Wisconsin (30)
• Wyoming (5)

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