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Industrial facilities in United States

9,706 industrial facilities in United States, across 11 sectors, mapped and ranked from open data by type, capacity and CO₂ emissions.

29,681facilities
11sectors
1908with CO₂ estimate
567.8M tCO₂e/yr total

Industry mix (United States)

Food & Beverage: 8,125 facilities8kFood & Bev…Chemical Plant: 453 facilities453Chemical P…Other Manufacturing: 337 facilities337Other Manu…Metals Plant: 330 facilities330Metals Pla…Refinery: 134 facilities134RefineryLime Plant: 122 facilities122Lime PlantCement Plant: 86 facilities86Cement Pla…Steel Plant: 75 facilities75Steel PlantPetrochemical: 34 facilities34Petrochemi…Aluminium Smelter: 9 facilities9Aluminium …

Facility counts by sector, Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

The state of United States's industrial emissions

Across the 1,908 United States industrial facilities with an estimated CO₂ figure (Climate TRACE), total emissions are about 568 Mt CO₂e/yr. The single largest emitter, Georgia Pacific - Brewton - AL (pulp-and-paper), accounts for about 5% of that. The biggest sectoral share comes from oil-and-gas-refining. Among facilities with a known operator, the top three — Marathon Petroleum Corp, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, Exxon Mobil Corp — account for roughly 16%. Most of these facilities sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂e/yr)

Georgia Pacific - Brewton - AL: 26 Mt CO2e/yr26Georgia Pa…U.S. Steel Gary Works: 11 Mt CO2e/yr11U.S. Steel…Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor steel plant: 9 Mt CO2e/yr9Cleveland-…Ascend Performance Materials LLC: 7 Mt CO2e/yr7Ascend Per…Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery: 7 Mt CO2e/yr7Marathon G…Motiva Port Arthur Refinery: 6 Mt CO2e/yr6Motiva Por…Marathon Garyville Refinery: 6 Mt CO2e/yr6Marathon G…Exxonmobil Beaumont Refinery: 6 Mt CO2e/yr6Exxonmobil…Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex: 6 Mt CO2e/yr6Donaldsonv…Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor steel plant: 6 Mt CO2e/yr6Cleveland-…

Emissions by sector (Mt CO₂e/yr)

oil-and-gas-refining: 186 Mt CO2e/yr186oil-and-ga…other-chemicals: 88 Mt CO2e/yr88other-chem…iron-and-steel: 59 Mt CO2e/yr59iron-and-s…petrochemical-steam-cracking: 51 Mt CO2e/yr51petrochemi…cement: 32 Mt CO2e/yr32cementfood-beverage-tobacco: 31 Mt CO2e/yr31food-bever…

Estimated CO₂e (modelled): Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0); climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Biggest emitters in United States

#FacilityTypet CO₂e/yr
1Georgia Pacific - Brewton - ALPulp & Paper Mill25,700,399
2U.S. Steel Gary WorksSteel Plant10,875,917
3Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor steel plantSteel Plant9,040,985
4Ascend Performance Materials LLCChemical Plant7,210,312
5Marathon Galveston Bay RefineryRefinery7,124,794
6Motiva Port Arthur RefineryRefinery6,114,111
7Marathon Garyville RefineryRefinery5,993,065
8Exxonmobil Beaumont RefineryRefinery5,818,702
9Donaldsonville Nitrogen ComplexChemical Plant5,663,868
10Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor steel plantSteel Plant5,655,090
11Exxonmobil Baytown RefineryRefinery5,526,773
12Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn steel plantSteel Plant5,263,134
13Exxonmobil Baton Rouge RefineryRefinery5,224,996
14United StatesChemical Plant5,100,000
15Tesoro Carson RefineryRefinery4,764,651
16ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Baytown,Tex.Petrochemical4,743,027
17Citgo Lake Charles RefineryRefinery4,562,300
18Archer Daniels Midland Co.Food & Beverage4,203,281
19Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown steel plantSteel Plant4,194,912
20Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland steel plantSteel Plant4,072,302

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Inzonex IndustryAtlas (2026). Industrial CO2 emissions — United States. Derived from Climate TRACE v6 and Köppen-Geiger/WorldClim (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/industryatlas/united-states/

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Frequently asked questions

How many industrial facilities are in United States?
9,706 across 11 sectors are tracked in United States in this open dataset.
What is the biggest CO₂ emitter in United States?
Georgia Pacific - Brewton - AL (Pulp & Paper Mill) — about 25,700,399 tonnes CO₂e/year.
Which sectors are represented in United States?
The largest sectors in this dataset are Food & Beverage (8125), Chemical Plant (453), Other Manufacturing (337).
Where does the data come from?
Climate TRACE v6 — asset-level capacity and CO₂e emissions (CC BY 4.0).