Manufacturing ·NAICS 325611

NAICS 325611 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks

$65,673/yr average annual pay, with 108 SBA loans on record for NAICS 325611.

845
Establishments
34K
Workers employed
$65,673/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$80M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 325611

Ohio leads Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing activity nationally, across 845 establishments employing 34K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

845
Business establishments (Census)
34K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$65,673/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$80M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing

Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.

845 establishments employ 33,783 workers (40.0/location) at $65,673/yr average annual pay. Ohio leads employment, followed by Missouri and Illinois.

Employment

33,783

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$65,673/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

845

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment decreased by 76; establishment count decreased by 21. 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)
$2.2B
Avg Employees per Establishment
40.0

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Ohio 5,088
Missouri 3,430
Illinois 1,500
New York 1,490
Georgia 1,484
Texas 1,255
South Carolina 632
Massachusetts 317
Florida 311
Utah 114

Showing top 10 of 44 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

108

Total Loan Volume

$80M

Avg Loan Size

$742K

Jobs Supported

1,386

Program Breakdown

7(a) 95 (88%)
504 13 (12%)

Top SBA Lender

The Huntington National Bank

13 loans in this industry

New Business Share

36.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
15
2021
20
2022
17
2023
17
2024
22
2025
15
2026
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing?
845 business establishments. Together they employ 33,783 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing?
$65,673/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 40.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing employment?
Ohio leads with 5,088 workers. Missouri (3,430) and Illinois (1,500) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing receive?
Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing businesses received 108 SBA loans totaling $80 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $742K. These loans supported 1,386 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 44% of that same 801-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.

Benchmarking Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing

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 325611 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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