Employment
5,389
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 312113
NAICS 312113 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Ice Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$60,905/yr average annual pay, with 41 SBA loans on record for NAICS 312113.
- 6.7%
- Manufacturing sector margin
- 5K
- Workers employed
- $60,905/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $31M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 312113
Tennessee leads Ice Manufacturing activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Manufacturing sector runs a 6.7% net margin.
- 6.7%
- Manufacturing sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 5K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $60,905/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $31M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Ice Manufacturing
Ice Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing, a sector that runs a 6.7% net margin overall.
415 establishments employ 5,389 workers (13.0/location) at $60,905/yr average annual pay. Tennessee leads employment, followed by North Carolina and Georgia.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$60,905/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
415
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 103; establishment count increased by 18. 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)
- $328.2M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 13.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | 180 |
| North Carolina | 169 |
| Georgia | 140 |
| Oregon | 114 |
| Colorado | 89 |
| Utah | 83 |
| Washington | 80 |
| Louisiana | 62 |
| Montana | 54 |
Showing top 10 of 40 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
41
Total Loan Volume
$31M
Avg Loan Size
$749K
Jobs Supported
397
Program Breakdown
7(a) 32 (78%)
504 9 (22%)
Top SBA Lender
Zions Bank, A Division of
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
22.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 4
2021 10
2022 3
2023 5
2024 5
2025 13
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Ice Manufacturing?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 312113 level. Tennessee leads this industry nationally. The broader Manufacturing sector runs a 6.7% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Ice Manufacturing?
415 business establishments. Together they employ 5,389 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Ice Manufacturing?
$60,905/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 13.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Ice Manufacturing employment?
Tennessee leads with 180 workers. North Carolina (169) and Georgia (140) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Ice Manufacturing receive?
Ice Manufacturing businesses received 41 SBA loans totaling $31 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $749K. These loans supported 397 jobs at origination. Most lending (78%) 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 7% 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 Ice Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 415 establishments, 5,389 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 41 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 312113 · 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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