Employment
170,169
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 441320
NAICS 441320 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Tire Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$53,316/yr average annual pay, with 224 SBA loans on record for NAICS 441320.
- 20K
- Establishments
- 170K
- Workers employed
- $53,316/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $172M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 441320
California leads Tire Dealers activity nationally, across 20K establishments employing 170K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 20K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 170K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $53,316/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $172M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Tire Dealers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Tire 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 Tire Dealers
Tire Dealers sits inside Retail Trade.
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.
Tire Dealers sits in the 83rd percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
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.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $9.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.4
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 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.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Tire Dealers, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Tire Dealers ranks #140 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (170,169 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 441320 · 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.
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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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