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NAICS 562212: Solid waste landfill

NAICS 562212 is the industry code for solid waste landfill. Use it on loan applications, tax forms and registrations. Explore financing for professional services and start your application when you are ready.

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What 562212 covers

Landfill operators run sites that dispose of nonhazardous solid waste by burying it, including municipal solid waste landfills and construction and demolition debris landfills.

Included in this code

  • Municipal solid waste landfills
  • Construction and demolition landfills
  • Sanitary landfills
  • Landfill gas collection at the site

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Businesses that use 562212

C&D debris landfillRegional sanitary landfill

Financing for this trade

Landfills are financed with long term debt, equipment loans for compactors, dozers and scrapers, and sometimes tax exempt bonds. Lenders look at permitted airspace, tipping fee contracts, closure financial assurance and regulatory compliance.

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Is 562212 the right code for a landfill operator?

Yes, if you operate a landfill that buries nonhazardous solid waste, including construction and demolition debris landfills. Hazardous waste landfills use 562211. If you mainly collect and haul trash to a landfill, use 562111. Waste to energy plants that burn trash use 562213.

What is the SBA size standard for 562212?

SBA sets the size standard for 562212 at $47 million in average annual receipts, averaged over the last five completed fiscal years and counting affiliates. Solid waste landfill operators at or under that figure qualify as small businesses for SBA 7(a) and 504 loans and for federal small business set asides. Most independent solid waste landfill operators fall well inside the limit, so size is rarely what decides an SBA application.

How do landfill operators finance equipment?

Compactors, dozers, scrapers and articulated trucks are financed with equipment loans and leases, while cell construction and land often use term debt or bonds. Lenders look at remaining permitted airspace, tipping fee contracts, closure and post closure obligations, and compliance records.

What does NAICS 562212 cover?

Solid waste landfill. Industry level code in NAICS 2022, under 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, 562 Waste management and remediation services, 5622 Waste treatment and disposal, 56221 Waste treatment and disposal.

What financing do NAICS 562212 businesses use?

Equipment financing, working capital, SBA loans and invoice factoring are the products placed most for professional services businesses. Start an application and the AI matches the deal to lenders that fund this code.

Where do I put NAICS 562212?

On the SBA loan application, on federal Schedule C or Form 1120, on SAM.gov and state registrations, and on most lender applications. A business can report more than one code; use this one if it describes what produces most of your revenue.