2022 NAICS national industry in sector 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
562212 Solid Waste Landfill
NAICS 562212 is the US industry code for solid waste landfill. This U.S.
- Code
- 562212 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Solid Waste Landfill
- Part of
- Waste Treatment and Disposal
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $47 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 38210 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste or (2) the combined activity of collecting and/or hauling nonhazardous waste materials within a local area and operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste. These establishments may produce byproducts, such as methane.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste are classified in U.S. Industry 562211, Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal.
- Operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste are classified in U.S. Industry 562213, Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators.
- Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities.
- Operating nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except landfills, combustors, incinerators, and sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities) are classified in U.S. Industry 562219, Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal.
- Manufacturing compost are classified in U.S. Industry 325315, Compost Manufacturing.
Activities listed under 562212
The Census index assigns these 13 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Dumps, nonhazardous solid waste (e.g., trash)
- Garbage disposal landfills
- Garbage dumps
- Landfills
- Refuse collecting and operating solid waste landfills
- Refuse disposal landfills
- Rubbish disposal landfills
- Sanitary landfills
- Sludge disposal sites
- Solid waste landfills combined with collection and/or local hauling of nonhazardous waste materials
- Solid waste landfills, nonhazardous
- Trash disposal landfills
- Waste disposal landfills, nonhazardous solid
SBA size standard for 562212
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 562212, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $47 million in average annual receipts. 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: 3821), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.