Employment
84,998
Total employees (Census CBP)
Construction ·NAICS 23833
NAICS 23833 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Flooring Contractors - Industry Benchmarks
$60,668/yr average annual pay, with 1,352 SBA loans on record for NAICS 23833.
- 3.4%
- Construction sector margin
- 85K
- Workers employed
- $60,668/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $490M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 23833
California leads Flooring Contractors 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)
- 85K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $60,668/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $490M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Flooring Contractors's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Flooring Contractors 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 Flooring Contractors
Flooring Contractors sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 3.4% net margin overall.
17,989 establishments employ 84,998 workers (4.7/location) at $60,668/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$60,668/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
17,989
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 817; establishment count decreased by 80. 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)
- $5.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 4.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Flooring Contractors NAICS 238330 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 11,940 |
| Florida | 6,255 |
| Texas | 5,114 |
| New York | 4,032 |
| Illinois | 3,599 |
| New Jersey | 2,914 |
| North Carolina | 2,899 |
| Washington | 2,887 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,786 |
| Ohio | 2,429 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,352
Total Loan Volume
$490M
Avg Loan Size
$363K
Jobs Supported
9,025
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,257 (93%)
504 95 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
162 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 177
2021 162
2022 161
2023 237
2024 306
2025 269
2026 40
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Flooring Contractors?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 23833 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 Flooring Contractors?
17,989 business establishments. Together they employ 84,998 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Flooring Contractors?
$60,668/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 4.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Flooring Contractors employment?
California leads with 11,940 workers. Florida (6,255) and Texas (5,114) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Flooring Contractors receive?
Flooring Contractors businesses received 1,352 SBA loans totaling $490 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $363K. These loans supported 9,025 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) 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 54% of that same 551-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 Flooring Contractors
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Construction
- 17,989 establishments, 84,998 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,352 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 23833 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI
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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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