Profit Margin
6.4%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 3321
NAICS 3321 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Forging and Stamping - Industry Benchmarks
$67,898/yr average annual pay, with 136 SBA loans on record for NAICS 3321.
- 6.4%
- Net margin
- 93K
- Workers employed
- $67,898/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $134M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 3321
Forging and Stamping runs a 6.4% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 2K establishments employing 93K workers.
- 6.4%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 93K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $67,898/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $134M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Forging and Stamping
Forging and Stamping sits inside Manufacturing at a 6.4% net margin (below the national median), $19.8B in aggregate receipts across 2,021 returns, averaging $9.8B per establishment.
1,937 establishments employ 92,778 workers (47.9/location) at $67,898/yr average annual pay. Ohio leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois.
Total Receipts
$19.8B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$1.3B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
92,778
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$67,898/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,937
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,174; establishment count decreased by 44. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Forging and Stamping revenue goes
Workforce scale
Forging and Stamping margin vs national reference points
Forging and Stamping net margin 21.2%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
2,021 returns 100%
Margin: 6.4% · Receipts: $19.8B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 2,021
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $9.8B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $6.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 47.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Forging and Stamping NAICS 33211 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 9,720 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,693 |
| Illinois | 7,729 |
| Michigan | 7,335 |
| California | 6,334 |
| Indiana | 5,829 |
| Texas | 4,751 |
| Minnesota | 3,942 |
| New York | 2,246 |
| Tennessee | 1,959 |
Showing top 10 of 46 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
136
Total Loan Volume
$134M
Avg Loan Size
$988K
Jobs Supported
2,145
Program Breakdown
7(a) 106 (78%)
504 30 (22%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
10 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 32
2021 26
2022 18
2023 26
2024 13
2025 19
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Forging and Stamping?
$19.8B in total annual receipts across all Forging and Stamping businesses. Average per business: $9.8B.
How profitable is Forging and Stamping?
6.4% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Forging and Stamping?
1,937 business establishments. Together they employ 92,778 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Forging and Stamping?
$67,898/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 47.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Forging and Stamping employment?
Ohio leads with 9,720 workers. Pennsylvania (9,693) and Illinois (7,729) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Forging and Stamping receive?
Forging and Stamping businesses received 136 SBA loans totaling $134 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $988K. These loans supported 2,145 jobs at origination. Most lending (78%) 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: Forging and Stamping reports a higher net margin than 61% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 32% of that same 259-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Forging and Stamping
- Net margin: 6.4% vs sector. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,937 establishments, 92,778 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 136 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 3321 · 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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