Employment
11,442
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 325314
NAICS 325314 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$68,037/yr average annual pay, with 26 SBA loans on record for NAICS 325314.
- 508
- Establishments
- 11K
- Workers employed
- $68,037/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $11M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 325314
California leads Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing activity nationally, across 508 establishments employing 11K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 508
- Business establishments (Census)
- 11K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $68,037/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $11M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing 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 Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing
Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
508 establishments employ 11,442 workers (22.5/location) at $68,037/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Michigan.
Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing sits in the 19th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$68,037/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
508
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,808; establishment count decreased by 12. 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)
- $778.5M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 22.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 1,471 |
| Texas | 828 |
| Michigan | 376 |
| North Carolina | 343 |
| Illinois | 330 |
| New York | 311 |
| Georgia | 297 |
| Wisconsin | 266 |
| Arizona | 189 |
| Oregon | 136 |
Showing top 10 of 40 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
26
Total Loan Volume
$11M
Avg Loan Size
$420K
Jobs Supported
122
Program Breakdown
7(a) 22 (85%)
504 4 (15%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
23.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (5 yrs)
2020 4
2021 10
2023 2
2024 7
2025 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing?
508 business establishments. Together they employ 11,442 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing?
$68,037/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 22.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 1,471 workers. Texas (828) and Michigan (376) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing receive?
Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing businesses received 26 SBA loans totaling $11 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $420K. These loans supported 122 jobs at origination. Most lending (85%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing ranks #652 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (11,442 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 325314 · 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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