Employment
37,673
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 326160
NAICS 326160 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Plastics Bottle Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
6 SBA loans on record, $3M in volume, for NAICS 326160.
- 474
- Establishments
- 38K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $3M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 326160
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
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.
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.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 79.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 3,513 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,027 |
| Indiana | 1,858 |
| Missouri | 1,747 |
| New Jersey | 1,370 |
| Tennessee | 1,098 |
| Kentucky | 971 |
| Wisconsin | 836 |
| Maryland | 741 |
| Louisiana | 699 |
Showing top 10 of 34 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
6
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 2
2024 2
2025 2
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.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 48% 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 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 326160 · 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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