NAICS 32616 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Plastics Bottle Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks

6 SBA loans on record, $3M in volume, for NAICS 32616.

474
Establishments: 38K
Workers employed: N/A
Avg payroll / employee: $3M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 32616

California leads Plastics Bottle Manufacturing activity nationally, across 474 establishments employing 38K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

474
Business establishments (Census): 38K
Workers employed (Census CBP): N/A
Avg payroll / employee: $3M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Plastics Bottle Manufacturing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Plastics Bottle 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 Plastics Bottle Manufacturing

Plastics Bottle Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.

474 establishments employ 37,673 workers (79.5/location). California leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and Indiana.

Employment

37,673

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

474

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment decreased by 70; establishment count increased by 2. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Workforce scale

Establishment size, Plastics Bottle Manufacturing (Census SUSB)

Financial Detail

Avg Employees per Establishment: 79.5

Sub-Industries

Industry	Profit Margin	Employment	Avg Payroll/Emp
Plastics Bottle Manufacturing NAICS 326160	N/A	37,673	N/A

Top States by Employment

State	Employment	Establishments	Annual Payroll	Avg Payroll/Emp
California	3,513	51	$225.8M	$64,280/yr
Pennsylvania	3,027	37	$195.8M	$64,679/yr
Indiana	1,858	18	$101.4M	$54,557/yr
Missouri	1,747	21	$91.2M	$52,180/yr
New Jersey	1,370	17	$106.8M	$77,968/yr
Tennessee	1,098	11	$56.3M	$51,274/yr
Kentucky	971	11	N/A	N/A
Wisconsin	836	11	$54.4M	$65,016/yr
Maryland	741	6	N/A	N/A
Louisiana	699	6	$38.3M	$54,780/yr

Showing top 10 of 34 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

Total Loan Volume

$3M

Avg Loan Size

$445K

Jobs Supported

114

Program Breakdown

7(a) 5 (83%)

504 1 (17%)

Top SBA Lender

Tioga-Franklin Savings Bank

1 loans in this industry

New Business Share

33.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (3 yrs)

2021

2024

2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in Plastics Bottle Manufacturing?

474 business establishments. Together they employ 37,673 workers.

What is the average payroll per employee in Plastics Bottle Manufacturing?

Average payroll data for Plastics Bottle Manufacturing is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.

Which states have the most Plastics Bottle Manufacturing employment?

California leads with 3,513 workers. Pennsylvania (3,027) and Indiana (1,858) round out the top three.

How much SBA lending does Plastics Bottle Manufacturing receive?

Plastics Bottle Manufacturing businesses received 6 SBA loans totaling $3 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $445K. These loans supported 114 jobs at origination. Most lending (83%) 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.

According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Plastics Bottle Manufacturing ranks #382 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.

Closest workforce scale

Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.

Benchmarking Plastics Bottle Manufacturing

No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
474 establishments, 37,673 workers. Payroll benchmarks
6 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 32616 · 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 Accessed 2026-07-06

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