Employment
25,999
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 332994
NAICS 332994 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
$94,832/yr average annual pay, with 86 SBA loans on record for NAICS 332994.
- 523
- Establishments
- 26K
- Workers employed
- $94,832/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $59M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 332994
Texas leads Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing activity nationally, across 523 establishments employing 26K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 523
- Business establishments (Census)
- 26K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $94,832/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $59M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
523 establishments employ 25,999 workers (49.7/location) at $94,832/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Florida and Tennessee.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$94,832/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
523
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 592; establishment count increased by 6. 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)
- $2.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 49.7
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,025 |
| Florida | 954 |
| Tennessee | 863 |
| California | 757 |
| Missouri | 434 |
| Minnesota | 261 |
| Indiana | 174 |
| Virginia | 92 |
| Iowa | 67 |
| Vermont | 65 |
Showing top 10 of 41 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
86
Total Loan Volume
$59M
Avg Loan Size
$688K
Jobs Supported
960
Program Breakdown
7(a) 77 (90%)
504 9 (10%)
Top SBA Lender
Newtek Bank, National Association
9 loans in this industry
New Business Share
27.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 12
2021 17
2022 11
2023 11
2024 11
2025 22
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing?
523 business establishments. Together they employ 25,999 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing?
$94,832/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 49.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing employment?
Texas leads with 1,025 workers. Florida (954) and Tennessee (863) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing receive?
Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing businesses received 86 SBA loans totaling $59 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $688K. These loans supported 960 jobs at origination. Most lending (90%) 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 37% 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.
- Carpet and Rug Mills 25,931
- Distilleries 26,177
- Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing 25,748
Benchmarking Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 523 establishments, 25,999 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 86 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 332994 · 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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