Employment
87,547
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 311811
NAICS 311811 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Retail Bakeries - Industry Benchmarks
$27,296/yr average annual pay, with 1,235 SBA loans on record for NAICS 311811.
- 9K
- Establishments
- 88K
- Workers employed
- $27,296/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $497M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 311811
California leads Retail Bakeries activity nationally, across 9K establishments employing 88K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 9K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 88K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $27,296/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $497M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Retail Bakeries's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Retail Bakeries 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 Retail Bakeries
Retail Bakeries sits inside Manufacturing.
9,219 establishments employ 87,547 workers (9.5/location) at $27,296/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Texas.
Retail Bakeries sits in the 70th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$27,296/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
9,219
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 6,056; establishment count increased by 240. 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)
- $2.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 13,760 |
| New York | 8,193 |
| Texas | 6,756 |
| Illinois | 4,504 |
| New Jersey | 4,404 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,967 |
| Florida | 3,852 |
| Washington | 2,854 |
| Massachusetts | 2,826 |
| Michigan | 2,732 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,235
Total Loan Volume
$497M
Avg Loan Size
$402K
Jobs Supported
17,911
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,153 (93%)
504 82 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
136 loans in this industry
New Business Share
49.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 112
2021 186
2022 171
2023 233
2024 232
2025 263
2026 38
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Retail Bakeries?
9,219 business establishments. Together they employ 87,547 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Retail Bakeries?
$27,296/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Retail Bakeries employment?
California leads with 13,760 workers. New York (8,193) and Texas (6,756) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Retail Bakeries receive?
Retail Bakeries businesses received 1,235 SBA loans totaling $497 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $402K. These loans supported 17,911 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Retail Bakeries, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Retail Bakeries ranks #244 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (87,547 here).
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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 311811 · 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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