212322 Industrial Sand Mining

Official definition

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.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Mining commercial (i.e., construction) grade gravel are classified in U.S. Industry 212321, Construction Sand and Gravel Mining.
• Construction projects involving water resources (e.g., dredging and land drainage) are classified in Industry 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 212322

The Census index assigns these 14 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• 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

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 212322

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 212322, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 0810), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 08110Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slateUK SIC
• 08120Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolinUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 212321Construction Sand and Gravel Mining
• 212323Kaolin, Clay, and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining