Industries by NAICS
Industries — Environmental Compliance Profiles by NAICS
EPA-compliance and ESG snapshots organized by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. Each industry row aggregates violations and penalties from member companies tracked by WhatsMyESG, drawn from EPA ECHO and SEC EDGAR. Designed for equity analysts comparing peer-NAICS enforcement intensity, EHS directors benchmarking against industry medians, journalists picking the next industry-wide pollution angle, and sustainability officers mapping their NAICS to top pollutant sets.
45 top industries45 total NAICS represented151 tracked companies$1.28B aggregate penalty
| NAICS | Industry | Companies | Violations (24mo) | Penalties (24mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 492110 | NAICS 492110 | 33 | 174 | $554.22M |
| 211111 | NAICS 211111 | 39 | 16 | $192.89M |
| 211120 | Crude Petroleum Extraction | 8 | 39 | $106.21M |
| 42393 | NAICS 42393 | 1 | 8 | $49.61M |
| 484122 | NAICS 484122 | 7 | 148 | $47.37M |
| 324199 | NAICS 324199 | 2 | 16 | $44.27M |
| 211130 | Natural Gas Extraction | 4 | 9 | $32.80M |
| 56299 | NAICS 56299 | 2 | 50 | $26.36M |
| 44711 | NAICS 44711 | 2 | 42 | $25.81M |
| 49211 | NAICS 49211 | 9 | 1 | $21.20M |
| 336111 | NAICS 336111 | 1 | 5 | $20.80M |
| 32411 | NAICS 32411 | 1 | 8 | $13.57M |
| 211112 | NAICS 211112 | 1 | 8 | $13.40M |
| 324110 | Petroleum Refineries | 3 | 19 | $12.66M |
| 21111 | NAICS 21111 | 1 | 1 | $12.64M |
| 486210 | Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas | 1 | 0 | $12.64M |
| 21222 | NAICS 21222 | 1 | 1 | $7.18M |
| 325211 | Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing | 3 | 24 | $7.13M |
| 423930 | NAICS 423930 | 3 | 51 | $6.84M |
| 311119 | NAICS 311119 | 1 | 8 | $6.41M |
| 444110 | NAICS 444110 | 1 | 0 | $5.20M |
| 921190 | NAICS 921190 | 2 | 0 | $5.20M |
| 325199 | All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing | 1 | 8 | $4.88M |
| 32511 | NAICS 32511 | 2 | 54 | $4.61M |
| 484110 | NAICS 484110 | 2 | 0 | $4.24M |
| 441310 | NAICS 441310 | 1 | 0 | $4.18M |
| 811198 | NAICS 811198 | 1 | 0 | $4.18M |
| 331492 | NAICS 331492 | 1 | 14 | $4.09M |
| 49319 | NAICS 49319 | 1 | 8 | $3.97M |
| 21113 | NAICS 21113 | 1 | 0 | $3.76M |
| 236220 | NAICS 236220 | 1 | 4 | $3.64M |
| 221330 | NAICS 221330 | 1 | 8 | $3.51M |
| 325212 | NAICS 325212 | 1 | 4 | $2.68M |
| 562998 | NAICS 562998 | 1 | 8 | $2.60M |
| 424710 | NAICS 424710 | 1 | 10 | $2.41M |
| 213111 | NAICS 213111 | 1 | 0 | $2.20M |
| 331311 | NAICS 331311 | 1 | 8 | $2.14M |
| 481112 | NAICS 481112 | 1 | 0 | $2.13M |
| 488190 | NAICS 488190 | 1 | 0 | $2.12M |
| 213112 | NAICS 213112 | 1 | 8 | $1.96M |
| 562112 | NAICS 562112 | 1 | 59 | $228.6K |
| 325510 | Paint and Coating Manufacturing | 1 | 30 | $40.8K |
| 221118 | Other Electric Power Generation | 1 | 63 | $12.8K |
| 322211 | NAICS 322211 | 1 | 60 | $10.7K |
| 332811 | NAICS 332811 | 1 | 56 | $0 |