Employment
170,169
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 44132
NAICS 44132 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Tire Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$53,316/yr average annual pay, with 224 SBA loans on record for NAICS 44132.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin
- 170K
- Workers employed
- $53,316/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $172M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 44132
California leads Tire 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)
- 170K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $53,316/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $172M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Tire Dealers
Tire Dealers sits inside Retail Trade, a sector that runs a 4.2% net margin overall.
20,250 establishments employ 170,169 workers (8.4/location) at $53,316/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and North Carolina.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$53,316/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
20,250
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,126; establishment count decreased by 205. 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)
- $9.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.4
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Tire Dealers NAICS 441320 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 17,705 |
| Texas | 16,721 |
| North Carolina | 6,557 |
| Ohio | 6,316 |
| Georgia | 5,661 |
| Illinois | 5,155 |
| Arizona | 4,396 |
| Indiana | 4,348 |
| Virginia | 4,150 |
| Tennessee | 4,107 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
224
Total Loan Volume
$172M
Avg Loan Size
$766K
Jobs Supported
1,844
Program Breakdown
7(a) 183 (82%)
504 41 (18%)
Top SBA Lender
Live Oak Banking Company
17 loans in this industry
New Business Share
20.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 69
2021 118
2022 30
2023 4
2024 1
2025 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Tire Dealers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 44132 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Tire Dealers?
20,250 business establishments. Together they employ 170,169 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Tire Dealers?
$53,316/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Tire Dealers employment?
California leads with 17,705 workers. Texas (16,721) and North Carolina (6,557) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Tire Dealers receive?
Tire Dealers businesses received 224 SBA loans totaling $172 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $766K. These loans supported 1,844 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) 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 74% of that same 551-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 Tire Dealers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 20,250 establishments, 170,169 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 224 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 44132 · 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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