Utilities ·NAICS 221118

NAICS 221118 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Other Electric Power Generation - Industry Benchmarks

34 SBA loans on record, $25M in volume, for NAICS 221118.

2.6%
Utilities sector margin
1K
Workers employed
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$25M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 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 2.6% net margin.

2.6%
Utilities sector margin (IRS SOI)
1K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$25M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Other Electric Power Generation

Other Electric Power Generation sits inside Utilities, a sector that runs a 2.6% net margin overall.

123 establishments employ 1,411 workers (11.5/location). New York leads employment.

Employment

1,411

Total employees (Census CBP)

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.

Workforce scale

Financial Detail

Avg Employees per Establishment
11.5

Top States by Employment

State Employment
New York 97
Maryland 14

Showing top 10 of 11 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA 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 2.6% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
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.

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: Its Census employment total exceeds 1% of that same 801-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 workforce scale

Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.

Benchmarking Other Electric Power Generation

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 221118 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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