Environmental Technologies Industries

Environmental Technologies Industries

Market Plans

Environmental Industry of the United States - Overview by State and Metropolitan Statistical Area

Environmental Industry Segment Definitions

Segment	Description	Examples of Clients
	*Environmental Services*
Environmental Testing & Analytical Services	Provide testing of “environmental samples” (soil, water, air and some biological tissues)	Industries, Gov’t, Consultants, Haz waste and remediation contractors
Wastewater Treatment Works	Collection and treatment of residential, commercial and industrial wastewaters. These facilities are commonly known as POTWs or publicly owned treatment works.	Municipalities, Commercial Establishments & All industries
Solid Waste Management	Collection, processing and disposal of solid waste	Municipalities & All industries
Hazardous Waste Management	Manage on-going hazardous waste streams, medical waste, nuclear waste handling	Chemical, Petroleum companies, Government agencies
Remediation/Industrial Services	Physical cleanup of contaminated sites, buildings and environmental cleaning of operating facilities	Government agencies, Property owners, Industry
Consulting & Engineering (C&E)	Engineering, consulting, design, assessment, permitting, project management, O&M, monitoring, etc.	Industry, Government, Municipalities, POTWs
	*Environmental Equipment*
Water Equipment & Chemicals	Provide equipment, supplies and maintenance in the delivery and treatment of water and wastewater	Municipalities & All industries
Instruments & Information Systems	Produce instrumentation for environmental analysis. Includes info systems and software.	Analytical services, Gov’t, Regulated companies
Air Pollution Control Equipment	Produce equipment and tech, to control air pollution. Includes vehicle controls.	Utilities, Waste-to-energy industries, Auto industry
Waste Management Equipment	Equipment for handling, storing or transporting waste. Includes recycling and remediation equipment.	Municipalities, Generating industries, Solid waste companies
Process & Prevention Technology	Equipment and technology for in-process (not end-of-pipe) pollution prevention & waste treatment /recovery	All industries
	*Environmental Resources*
Water Utilities	Sell no water to end users	Consumers and All industries
Resource Recovery	Selling materials recovered and converted from industrial by-products or post-consumer waste	Municipalities, Generating industries, Solid waste companies
Environmental Energy Sources	Selling power and systems in solar, wind, geothermal, small scale hydro, energy efficiency and DSM small scale hydro, energy efficiency and DSM	Utilities, All industries and consumers

Sources of Data and Research Methodology

The data in this briefing was generated by Environmental Business International Inc. (EBI, San Diego, CA), based on more than 10 years of research on the environmental industry. Because Standard Industry Classifications codes do not exist for the environmental industry, EBI has developed the 14 segments identified in this briefing to track revenues, employment and exports. The primary source of the data is more than 1,200 business profile surveys of U.S. environmental companies which EBI conducts on an annual basis. This data is supplemented by research and estimates from a variety of secondary sources and from interviews with more than 300 environmental industry executives over the course of a year.

Employment estimates are derived by calculating the average revenues generated per employee based on a statistically significant sample of companies in each of the 14 segments. Export estimates are derived by compiling export revenues from a representative samples of companies according to company size as well as industry segment.

To produce data for state and Congressional districts from the national data, EBI factored in over 35 geographic data sets such as environmental spending, budgets for environmental programs, municipal spending on water and waste, industrial output, industrial environmental spending, population, concentration of environmental companies, concentration of environmental companies by size categories, relative strictness of environmental enforcement, concentration of contaminated sites, concentration of waste and pollution generation, water use, energy use and others. These factors are weighed and applied to each segment on a state and district level to result in the regional data presented in the briefings. Any further questions regarding methodology should be directed to EBI Project Manager Mariko Killion (619-295-7685 ext.27) or EBI President Grant Ferrier (ext.15).