Employment
26,177
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 31214
NAICS 31214 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Distilleries - Industry Benchmarks
$64,384/yr average annual pay, with 327 SBA loans on record for NAICS 31214.
- 6.7%
- Manufacturing sector margin
- 26K
- Workers employed
- $64,384/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $256M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 31214
Kentucky leads Distilleries 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)
- 26K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $64,384/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $256M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Distilleries
Distilleries sits inside Manufacturing, a sector that runs a 6.7% net margin overall.
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.
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.
Workforce scale
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 profitable is Distilleries?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 31214 level. Kentucky leads this industry nationally. The broader Manufacturing sector runs a 6.7% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
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.
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 23% of that same 551-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.
- Carpet and Rug Mills 25,931
- Credit Bureaus 26,469
- Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying 25,555
Benchmarking Distilleries
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,349 establishments, 26,177 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 327 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 31214 · Data year: 2023
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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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