Profit Margin
0.0%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Utilities ·NAICS 2211
NAICS 2211 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution - Industry Benchmarks
$133,287/yr average annual pay, with 227 SBA loans on record for NAICS 2211.
- 0.0%
- Net margin
- 520K
- Workers employed
- $133,287/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $140M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 2211
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution runs a 0.0% pre-tax net margin - significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors - across 13K establishments employing 520K workers.
- 0.0%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 520K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $133,287/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $140M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution sits inside Utilities at a 0.0% net margin (significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors), $176.6B in aggregate receipts across 501 returns, averaging $352.5B per establishment.
12,735 establishments employ 519,711 workers (40.8/location) at $133,287/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by New York and Florida.
Total Receipts
$176.6B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$16.1M
Pre-tax net income
Employment
519,711
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$133,287/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
12,735
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 14,579; establishment count decreased by 167. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution revenue goes
Workforce scale
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution margin vs national reference points
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution net margin 0.0%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
501 returns 100%
Margin: 0.0% · Receipts: $176.6B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 501
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $352.5B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $69.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 40.8
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Electric Power Generation NAICS 22111 | N/A |
| Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution NAICS 22112 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
227
Total Loan Volume
$140M
Avg Loan Size
$619K
Jobs Supported
2,863
Program Breakdown
7(a) 202 (89%)
504 25 (11%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
20 loans in this industry
New Business Share
36.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 18
2021 42
2022 40
2023 26
2024 50
2025 47
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution?
$176.6B in total annual receipts across all Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution businesses. Average per business: $352.5B.
How profitable is Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution?
0.0% net profit margin, significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors.
How many businesses are in Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution?
12,735 business establishments. Together they employ 519,711 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution?
$133,287/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 40.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution employment?
Texas leads with 40,291 workers. New York (35,244) and Florida (25,073) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution receive?
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution businesses received 227 SBA loans totaling $140 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $619K. These loans supported 2,863 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution reports a higher net margin than 5% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 75% of that same 259-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
- Net margin: 0.0% vs sector. Browse Utilities
- 12,735 establishments, 519,711 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 227 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 2211 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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