Koch Industries Inc
57 facilities · 22 states · 64.2M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Koch Industries Inc is the reported parent of 57 Form R facilities across 22 states, disclosing 64.2M lbs of toxic releases. 19 of 324 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Oklahoma (23.1M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Koch Industries Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Koch Industries Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-1.7%
43 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-5.1%
13.0 million lb → 12.4 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Koch Industries Inc's total reported releases fell from 12.6 million lb in 2022 to 12.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Industries Inc's off-site transfers fell from 1.9 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Industries Inc's land releases rose from 498.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 565.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Industries Inc's water releases fell from 382.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 335.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Koch Industries Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC; Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC; Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site; Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Operations. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: International Paper Co; Cf Industries Holdings Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Methanol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Oklahoma; Mississippi; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Paper; Wood Products; Fabricated Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC; Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC; Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site; Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Operations. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: International Paper Co; Cf Industries Holdings Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Methanol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Oklahoma; Mississippi; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Paper; Wood Products; Fabricated Metals.
Koch Industries Inc ranks #31 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Koch Industries Inc spans 22 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Koch Industries Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 57 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Koch Industries Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (International Paper Co; Cf Industries Holdings Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Koch Industries Inc sits among TRI parents
Koch Industries Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside International Paper Co and Cf Industries Holdings Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- International Paper Co · rank #32 · 28.8M lbs
- Cf Industries Holdings Inc · rank #33 · 18.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Koch Industries Inc
Ammonia; Methanol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 25.6M lbs |
| Methanol | 18.2M lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 4.6M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 2.8M lbs |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 2.2M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2 | 23.1M lbs |
| Mississippi | 3 | 15.0M lbs |
| Texas | 10 | 11.3M lbs |
| Arkansas | 5 | 4.6M lbs |
| Florida | 3 | 3.5M lbs |
| Tennessee | 2 | 1.7M lbs |
| Missouri | 2 | 1.2M lbs |
| Georgia | 7 | 797.0K lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 573.3K lbs |
| South Carolina | 2 | 523.7K lbs |
| Virginia | 3 | 511.2K lbs |
| Louisiana | 2 | 366.1K lbs |
| Indiana | 2 | 327.5K lbs |
| Alabama | 2 | 244.1K lbs |
| Kentucky | 2 | 227.6K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 155.6K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 49.6K lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 2.0K lbs |
| Nevada | 1 | 304 lbs |
| Wyoming | 1 | 159 lbs |
| California | 1 | 15 lbs |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (57)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Koch Industries Inc on total disclosed release pounds (64.2M lbs) and reporting facility count (57). Release-volume peers include Dyno Nobel Inc, Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co, Duke Energy Corp. Facility-count peers include Archer Daniels Midland Co, Halliburton Energy Services Inc, Honeywell International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Oklahoma, Mississippi, Texas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Koch Industries Inc's TRI parent record
From Koch Industries Inc, open Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC or compare against International Paper Co rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Koch Industries Inc (Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC in OK). Largest facility
- Compare against International Paper Co, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Koch Industries Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (International Paper Co, Cf Industries Holdings Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Koch Industries Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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