Profit Margin
4.5%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 323
NAICS 323 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Printing and Related Support Activities - Industry Benchmarks
$57,397/yr average annual pay, with 2,062 SBA loans on record for NAICS 323.
- 4.5%
- Net margin
- 386K
- Workers employed
- $57,397/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.3B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 323
Printing and Related Support Activities runs a 4.5% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 22K establishments employing 386K workers.
- 4.5%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 386K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $57,397/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.3B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Printing and Related Support Activities
Printing and Related Support Activities sits inside Manufacturing at a 4.5% net margin (below the national median), $80.4B in aggregate receipts across 46,943 returns, averaging $1.7B per establishment.
22,301 establishments employ 386,248 workers (17.3/location) at $57,397/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Illinois and Wisconsin.
Total Receipts
$80.4B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$3.6B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
386,248
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$57,397/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
22,301
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 2,788; establishment count decreased by 350. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Printing and Related Support Activities revenue goes
Workforce scale
Printing and Related Support Activities margin vs national reference points
Printing and Related Support Activities net margin 15.1%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
22,541 returns 48%
Margin: 4.5% · Receipts: $78.6B
Sole Proprietorship
24,402 returns 52%
Margin: 4.2% · Receipts: $1.7B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 46,943
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $1.7B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $22.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 17.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Printing and Related Support Activities NAICS 3231 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 32,772 |
| Illinois | 23,035 |
| Wisconsin | 22,252 |
| Texas | 21,781 |
| Ohio | 21,633 |
| Pennsylvania | 21,489 |
| Florida | 19,695 |
| Minnesota | 18,788 |
| New York | 16,633 |
| New Jersey | 13,060 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2,062
Total Loan Volume
$1.3B
Avg Loan Size
$613K
Jobs Supported
23,437
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,739 (84%)
504 323 (16%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
177 loans in this industry
New Business Share
19.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 300
2021 340
2022 289
2023 298
2024 358
2025 410
2026 67
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Printing and Related Support Activities?
$80.4B in total annual receipts across all Printing and Related Support Activities businesses. Average per business: $1.7B.
How profitable is Printing and Related Support Activities?
4.5% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Printing and Related Support Activities?
22,301 business establishments. Together they employ 386,248 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Printing and Related Support Activities?
$57,397/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 17.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Printing and Related Support Activities employment?
California leads with 32,772 workers. Illinois (23,035) and Wisconsin (22,252) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Printing and Related Support Activities receive?
Printing and Related Support Activities businesses received 2,062 SBA loans totaling $1.3 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $613K. These loans supported 23,437 jobs at origination. Most lending (84%) 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: Printing and Related Support Activities reports a higher net margin than 39% of the 79 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 30% of that same 77-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Printing and Related Support Activities
- Net margin: 4.5% vs sector. Browse Manufacturing
- 22,301 establishments, 386,248 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 2,062 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 323 · 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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