Employment
99,754
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 336111
NAICS 336111 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Automobile Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
2 SBA loans on record, $1M in volume, for NAICS 336111.
- 158
- Establishments
- 100K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 336111
Indiana leads Automobile Manufacturing activity nationally, across 158 establishments employing 100K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 158
- Business establishments (Census)
- 100K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Automobile Manufacturing
Automobile Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
158 establishments employ 99,754 workers (631.4/location). Indiana leads employment.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
158
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 5,926; establishment count decreased by 13. 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
- 631.4
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 8,944 |
| North Carolina | 33 |
Showing top 10 of 20 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2
Total Loan Volume
$1M
Avg Loan Size
$586K
Jobs Supported
8
Program Breakdown
7(a) 2 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
50.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Automobile Manufacturing?
158 business establishments. Together they employ 99,754 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Automobile Manufacturing?
Average payroll data for Automobile Manufacturing is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Automobile Manufacturing employment?
Indiana leads with 8,944 workers.
How much SBA lending does Automobile Manufacturing receive?
Automobile Manufacturing businesses received 2 SBA loans totaling $1 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $586K. These loans supported 8 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) 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 73% 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.
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Benchmarking Automobile Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 158 establishments, 99,754 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 2 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 336111 · 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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