Employment
12,248
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 327211
NAICS 327211 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Flat Glass Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$67,196/yr average annual pay, with 44 SBA loans on record for NAICS 327211.
- 135
- Establishments
- 12K
- Workers employed
- $67,196/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $75M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 327211
California leads Flat Glass Manufacturing activity nationally, across 135 establishments employing 12K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 135
- Business establishments (Census)
- 12K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,196/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $75M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Flat Glass Manufacturing
Flat Glass Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
135 establishments employ 12,248 workers (90.7/location) at $67,196/yr average annual pay. California leads employment.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,196/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
135
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 43; establishment count increased by 7. 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)
- $823.0M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 90.7
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 1,136 |
| North Carolina | 656 |
Showing top 10 of 19 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
44
Total Loan Volume
$75M
Avg Loan Size
$1705K
Jobs Supported
1,018
Program Breakdown
7(a) 28 (64%)
504 16 (36%)
Top SBA Lender
Readycap Lending, LLC
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
11.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 10
2021 7
2022 2
2023 7
2024 10
2025 8
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Flat Glass Manufacturing?
135 business establishments. Together they employ 12,248 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Flat Glass Manufacturing?
$67,196/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 90.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Flat Glass Manufacturing employment?
California leads with 1,136 workers.
How much SBA lending does Flat Glass Manufacturing receive?
Flat Glass Manufacturing businesses received 44 SBA loans totaling $75 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1705K. These loans supported 1,018 jobs at origination. Most lending (64%) 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 20% 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 Flat Glass Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 135 establishments, 12,248 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 44 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 327211 · 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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