Employment
480,272
Total employees (Census CBP)
Construction ·NAICS 236118
NAICS 236118 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Residential Remodelers - Industry Benchmarks
$56,954/yr average annual pay, with 7,560 SBA loans on record for NAICS 236118.
- 3.4%
- Construction sector margin
- 480K
- Workers employed
- $56,954/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.5B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 236118
California leads Residential Remodelers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Construction sector runs a 3.4% net margin.
- 3.4%
- Construction sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 480K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $56,954/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.5B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Residential Remodelers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Residential Remodelers 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 Residential Remodelers
Residential Remodelers sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 3.4% net margin overall.
135,337 establishments employ 480,272 workers (3.5/location) at $56,954/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Florida.
Residential Remodelers sits in the 94th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$56,954/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
135,337
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 17,582; establishment count increased by 1,992. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $27.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 3.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 71,834 |
| New York | 44,307 |
| Florida | 31,005 |
| Texas | 23,064 |
| Pennsylvania | 20,869 |
| Washington | 18,037 |
| Massachusetts | 16,186 |
| Illinois | 15,603 |
| Virginia | 14,749 |
| Michigan | 14,368 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
7,560
Total Loan Volume
$1.5B
Avg Loan Size
$197K
Jobs Supported
36,620
Program Breakdown
7(a) 7,351 (97%)
504 209 (3%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
1,125 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 753
2021 751
2022 979
2023 1,343
2024 1,693
2025 1,806
2026 235
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Residential Remodelers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 236118 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Construction sector runs a 3.4% net margin (IRS SOI 2013 C corp).
How many businesses are in Residential Remodelers?
135,337 business establishments. Together they employ 480,272 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Residential Remodelers?
$56,954/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 3.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Residential Remodelers employment?
California leads with 71,834 workers. New York (44,307) and Florida (31,005) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Residential Remodelers receive?
Residential Remodelers businesses received 7,560 SBA loans totaling $1.5 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $197K. These loans supported 36,620 jobs at origination. Most lending (97%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Residential Remodelers, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Residential Remodelers ranks #52 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (480,272 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 236118 · 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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