Employment
1,411
Total employees (Census CBP)
Utilities ·NAICS 221118
NAICS 221118 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Other Electric Power Generation - Industry Benchmarks
34 SBA loans on record, $25M in volume, for NAICS 221118.
- -1.3%
- Utilities sector margin
- 1K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $25M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 221118
New York leads Other Electric Power Generation activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Utilities sector runs a -1.3% net margin.
- -1.3%
- Utilities sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 1K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $25M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Other Electric Power Generation's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Other Electric Power Generation is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Other Electric Power Generation
Other Electric Power Generation sits inside Utilities, a sector that runs a -1.3% net margin overall.
123 establishments employ 1,411 workers (11.5/location). New York leads employment.
Other Electric Power Generation sits in the 1st percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
123
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 37. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.5
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
34
Total Loan Volume
$25M
Avg Loan Size
$724K
Jobs Supported
262
Program Breakdown
7(a) 32 (94%)
504 2 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
47.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 5
2021 7
2022 6
2023 3
2024 3
2025 10
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Electric Power Generation?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 221118 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Utilities sector runs a -1.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2013 C corp).
How many businesses are in Other Electric Power Generation?
123 business establishments. Together they employ 1,411 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Electric Power Generation?
Average payroll data for Other Electric Power Generation is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Other Electric Power Generation employment?
New York leads with 97 workers.
How much SBA lending does Other Electric Power Generation receive?
Other Electric Power Generation businesses received 34 SBA loans totaling $25 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $724K. These loans supported 262 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Other Electric Power Generation, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Other Electric Power Generation ranks #794 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (1,411 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Utilities · Rankings
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 221118 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI
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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