Profit Margin
11.7%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 3113
NAICS 3113 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$60,416/yr average annual pay, with 178 SBA loans on record for NAICS 3113.
- 11.7%
- Net margin
- 86K
- Workers employed
- $60,416/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $111M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 3113
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing runs a 11.7% pre-tax net margin - in line with the national median - across 2K establishments employing 86K workers.
- 11.7%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 86K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $60,416/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $111M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing at a 11.7% net margin (in line with the national median), $44.8B in aggregate receipts across 1,420 returns, averaging $31.5B per establishment.
1,913 establishments employ 85,786 workers (44.8/location) at $60,416/yr average annual pay. Pennsylvania leads employment, followed by California and Texas.
Total Receipts
$44.8B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$5.3B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
85,786
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$60,416/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,913
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,141; establishment count increased by 6. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing revenue goes
Workforce scale
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing margin vs national reference points
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing net margin 39.1%
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
1,420 returns 100%
Margin: 11.7% · Receipts: $44.8B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 1,420
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $31.5B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $5.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 44.8
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing NAICS 31135 | N/A |
| Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing NAICS 31134 | N/A |
| Sugar Manufacturing NAICS 31131 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 10,568 |
| California | 10,084 |
| Texas | 3,354 |
| New York | 3,348 |
| Florida | 3,303 |
| Tennessee | 2,946 |
| Minnesota | 2,902 |
| Indiana | 2,710 |
| Wisconsin | 2,666 |
| Ohio | 2,143 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
178
Total Loan Volume
$111M
Avg Loan Size
$624K
Jobs Supported
3,133
Program Breakdown
7(a) 157 (88%)
504 21 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
13 loans in this industry
New Business Share
24.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 17
2021 27
2022 28
2023 37
2024 35
2025 32
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing?
$44.8B in total annual receipts across all Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing businesses. Average per business: $31.5B.
How profitable is Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing?
11.7% net profit margin, in line with the national median.
How many businesses are in Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing?
1,913 business establishments. Together they employ 85,786 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing?
$60,416/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 44.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing employment?
Pennsylvania leads with 10,568 workers. California (10,084) and Texas (3,354) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing receive?
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing businesses received 178 SBA loans totaling $111 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $624K. These loans supported 3,133 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: Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing reports a higher net margin than 86% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 28% 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 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing
- Net margin: 11.7% vs sector. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,913 establishments, 85,786 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 178 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 3113 · 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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