Employment
162,048
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 441120
NAICS 441120 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Used Car Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$55,819/yr average annual pay, with 1,745 SBA loans on record for NAICS 441120.
- 25K
- Establishments
- 162K
- Workers employed
- $55,819/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.0B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 441120
Texas leads Used Car Dealers activity nationally, across 25K establishments employing 162K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 25K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 162K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $55,819/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.0B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Used Car Dealers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Used Car Dealers is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Used Car Dealers
Used Car Dealers sits inside Retail Trade.
25,147 establishments employ 162,048 workers (6.4/location) at $55,819/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Used Car Dealers sits in the 82nd percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$55,819/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
25,147
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 25,881; establishment count decreased by 460. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $9.0B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 6.4
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 17,728 |
| California | 12,553 |
| Florida | 10,907 |
| North Carolina | 7,007 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,070 |
| Ohio | 6,025 |
| Virginia | 5,647 |
| Indiana | 4,709 |
| Tennessee | 4,693 |
| Illinois | 4,483 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,745
Total Loan Volume
$1.0B
Avg Loan Size
$589K
Jobs Supported
10,550
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,356 (78%)
504 389 (22%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
152 loans in this industry
New Business Share
18.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 220
2021 285
2022 237
2023 274
2024 298
2025 376
2026 55
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Used Car Dealers?
25,147 business establishments. Together they employ 162,048 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Used Car Dealers?
$55,819/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 6.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Used Car Dealers employment?
Texas leads with 17,728 workers. California (12,553) and Florida (10,907) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Used Car Dealers receive?
Used Car Dealers businesses received 1,745 SBA loans totaling $1.0 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $589K. These loans supported 10,550 jobs at origination. Most lending (78%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Used Car Dealers, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Used Car Dealers ranks #147 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (162,048 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Retail Trade · 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 441120 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI
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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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