Construction ·NAICS 238330

NAICS 238330 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Flooring Contractors - Industry Benchmarks

$60,668/yr average annual pay, with 1,352 SBA loans on record for NAICS 238330.

6.3%
Construction sector margin
85K
Workers employed
$60,668/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$490M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 238330

California leads Flooring Contractors activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Construction sector runs a 6.3% net margin.

6.3%
Construction sector margin (IRS SOI)
85K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$60,668/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$490M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Flooring Contractors

Flooring Contractors sits inside Construction, a sector that runs a 6.3% 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.

Employment

84,998

Total employees (Census CBP)

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.

Workforce scale

Financial Detail

Annual Payroll (Total)
$5.2B
Avg Employees per Establishment
4.7

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 FY2020–2026

SBA 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 238330 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Construction sector runs a 6.3% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
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 69% 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 Flooring Contractors

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 238330 · 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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