Employment
37,587
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 441222
NAICS 441222 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Boat Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$64,491/yr average annual pay, with 249 SBA loans on record for NAICS 441222.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin
- 38K
- Workers employed
- $64,491/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $237M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 441222
Florida leads Boat Dealers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 38K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $64,491/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $237M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Boat Dealers
Boat Dealers sits inside Retail Trade, a sector that runs a 4.2% net margin overall.
4,246 establishments employ 37,587 workers (8.8/location) at $64,491/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by Texas and Michigan.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$64,491/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,246
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 39; establishment count decreased by 74. 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)
- $2.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 6,508 |
| Texas | 2,823 |
| Michigan | 1,956 |
| Wisconsin | 1,570 |
| New York | 1,385 |
| Minnesota | 1,375 |
| North Carolina | 1,298 |
| Washington | 1,267 |
| South Carolina | 1,103 |
| Massachusetts | 912 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
249
Total Loan Volume
$237M
Avg Loan Size
$951K
Jobs Supported
2,141
Program Breakdown
7(a) 188 (76%)
504 61 (24%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
10 loans in this industry
New Business Share
19.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 41
2021 61
2022 42
2023 25
2024 39
2025 33
2026 8
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Boat Dealers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 441222 level. Florida leads this industry nationally. The broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Boat Dealers?
4,246 business establishments. Together they employ 37,587 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Boat Dealers?
$64,491/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Boat Dealers employment?
Florida leads with 6,508 workers. Texas (2,823) and Michigan (1,956) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Boat Dealers receive?
Boat Dealers businesses received 249 SBA loans totaling $237 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $951K. These loans supported 2,141 jobs at origination. Most lending (76%) 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 48% 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 Boat Dealers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 4,246 establishments, 37,587 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 249 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 441222 · 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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