Employment
33,466
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 326150
NAICS 326150 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$55,935/yr average annual pay, with 19 SBA loans on record for NAICS 326150.
- 649
- Establishments
- 33K
- Workers employed
- $55,935/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $15M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 326150
North Carolina leads Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing activity nationally, across 649 establishments employing 33K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 649
- Business establishments (Census)
- 33K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $55,935/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $15M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing
Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
649 establishments employ 33,466 workers (51.6/location) at $55,935/yr average annual pay. North Carolina leads employment, followed by Michigan and Indiana.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$55,935/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
649
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,199; establishment count decreased by 13. 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)
- $1.9B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 51.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,623 |
| Michigan | 2,894 |
| Indiana | 2,793 |
| California | 2,259 |
| Mississippi | 1,226 |
| Georgia | 977 |
| Wisconsin | 901 |
| Florida | 871 |
| Virginia | 566 |
| Washington | 274 |
Showing top 10 of 37 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
19
Total Loan Volume
$15M
Avg Loan Size
$766K
Jobs Supported
469
Program Breakdown
7(a) 16 (84%)
504 3 (16%)
Top SBA Lender
Readycap Lending, LLC
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 2
2021 2
2022 3
2023 1
2024 6
2025 5
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing?
649 business establishments. Together they employ 33,466 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing?
$55,935/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 51.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing employment?
North Carolina leads with 3,623 workers. Michigan (2,894) and Indiana (2,793) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing receive?
Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing businesses received 19 SBA loans totaling $15 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $766K. These loans supported 469 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: 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 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 649 establishments, 33,466 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 19 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 326150 · 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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