Employment
26,177
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 31214
NAICS 31214 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Distilleries - Industry Benchmarks
$64,384/yr average annual pay, with 327 SBA loans on record for NAICS 31214.
- 1K
- Establishments
- 26K
- Workers employed
- $64,384/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $256M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 31214
Kentucky leads Distilleries activity nationally, across 1K establishments employing 26K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 1K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 26K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $64,384/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $256M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Distilleries's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Distilleries 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 Distilleries
Distilleries sits inside Manufacturing.
1,349 establishments employ 26,177 workers (19.4/location) at $64,384/yr average annual pay. Kentucky leads employment, followed by Indiana and Pennsylvania.
Distilleries sits in the 23rd percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$64,384/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,349
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 2,441; establishment count increased by 68. 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)
- $1.7B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 19.4
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Distilleries NAICS 312140 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 6,911 |
| Indiana | 1,201 |
| Pennsylvania | 796 |
| California | 773 |
| Michigan | 727 |
| Minnesota | 719 |
| Missouri | 633 |
| Washington | 433 |
| Oregon | 380 |
| North Carolina | 366 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
327
Total Loan Volume
$256M
Avg Loan Size
$781K
Jobs Supported
3,621
Program Breakdown
7(a) 264 (81%)
504 63 (19%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
18 loans in this industry
New Business Share
41.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 47
2021 71
2022 46
2023 56
2024 49
2025 52
2026 6
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Distilleries?
1,349 business establishments. Together they employ 26,177 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Distilleries?
$64,384/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 19.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Distilleries employment?
Kentucky leads with 6,911 workers. Indiana (1,201) and Pennsylvania (796) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Distilleries receive?
Distilleries businesses received 327 SBA loans totaling $256 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $781K. These loans supported 3,621 jobs at origination. Most lending (81%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Distilleries, both at NAICS level 5 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Distilleries ranks #425 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (26,177 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Manufacturing · 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 31214 · 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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