Profit Margin
4.2%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Construction ·NAICS 2389
NAICS 2389 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Specialty Trade Contractors - Industry Benchmarks
$74,662/yr average annual pay, with 9,040 SBA loans on record for NAICS 2389.
- 4.2%
- Net margin
- 782K
- Workers employed
- $74,662/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 2389
Other Specialty Trade Contractors runs a 4.2% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 85K establishments employing 782K workers.
- 4.2%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 782K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $74,662/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Other Specialty Trade Contractors sits inside Construction at a 4.2% net margin (below the national median), $365.4B in aggregate receipts across 298,861 returns, averaging $1.2B per establishment.
84,525 establishments employ 782,076 workers (9.3/location) at $74,662/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Total Receipts
$365.4B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$15.4B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
782,076
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$74,662/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
84,525
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 50,987; establishment count increased by 4,537. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Other Specialty Trade Contractors revenue goes
Workforce scale
Other Specialty Trade Contractors margin vs national reference points
Other Specialty Trade Contractors net margin 14.0%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
298,861 returns 100%
Margin: 4.2% · Receipts: $365.4B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 298,861
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $1.2B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $58.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| All Other Specialty Trade Contractors NAICS 23899 | N/A |
| Site Preparation Contractors NAICS 23891 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 90,003 |
| California | 70,713 |
| Florida | 56,742 |
| Pennsylvania | 30,818 |
| New York | 28,632 |
| Georgia | 26,181 |
| North Carolina | 26,013 |
| Ohio | 24,253 |
| Virginia | 23,555 |
| Washington | 21,205 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
9,040
Total Loan Volume
$4.4B
Avg Loan Size
$492K
Jobs Supported
89,227
Program Breakdown
7(a) 7,942 (88%)
504 1,098 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
1,307 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 1,110
2021 1,306
2022 1,242
2023 1,425
2024 1,780
2025 1,904
2026 273
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Other Specialty Trade Contractors?
$365.4B in total annual receipts across all Other Specialty Trade Contractors businesses. Average per business: $1.2B.
How profitable is Other Specialty Trade Contractors?
4.2% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Other Specialty Trade Contractors?
84,525 business establishments. Together they employ 782,076 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Specialty Trade Contractors?
$74,662/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Specialty Trade Contractors employment?
Texas leads with 90,003 workers. California (70,713) and Florida (56,742) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Specialty Trade Contractors receive?
Other Specialty Trade Contractors businesses received 9,040 SBA loans totaling $4.4 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $492K. These loans supported 89,227 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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: Other Specialty Trade Contractors reports a higher net margin than 40% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 81% of that same 259-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- Net margin: 4.2% vs sector. Browse Construction
- 84,525 establishments, 782,076 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 9,040 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 2389 · 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.
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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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