Employment
6,176
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 314994
NAICS 314994 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills - Industry Benchmarks
$58,403/yr average annual pay, with 6 SBA loans on record for NAICS 314994.
- 124
- Establishments
- 6K
- Workers employed
- $58,403/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $7M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 314994
North Carolina leads Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills activity nationally, across 124 establishments employing 6K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 124
- Business establishments (Census)
- 6K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $58,403/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $7M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills 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 Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills
Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills sits inside Manufacturing.
124 establishments employ 6,176 workers (49.8/location) at $58,403/yr average annual pay. North Carolina leads employment, followed by Texas and New York.
Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills sits in the 8th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$58,403/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
124
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 195; establishment count decreased by 6. 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)
- $360.7M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 49.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 594 |
| Texas | 398 |
| New York | 137 |
| Florida | 74 |
Showing top 10 of 18 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
6
Total Loan Volume
$7M
Avg Loan Size
$1239K
Jobs Supported
63
Program Breakdown
7(a) 5 (83%)
504 1 (17%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
16.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 1
2021 1
2023 1
2024 1
2025 1
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills?
124 business establishments. Together they employ 6,176 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills?
$58,403/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 49.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills employment?
North Carolina leads with 594 workers. Texas (398) and New York (137) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills receive?
Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills businesses received 6 SBA loans totaling $7 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1239K. These loans supported 63 jobs at origination. Most lending (83%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills ranks #736 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (6,176 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 314994 · 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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