Employment
194,508
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 4421
NAICS 4421 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Furniture Stores - Industry Benchmarks
$50,508/yr average annual pay, with 404 SBA loans on record for NAICS 4421.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin
- 195K
- Workers employed
- $50,508/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $340M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4421
Texas leads Furniture Stores 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)
- 195K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $50,508/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $340M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Furniture Stores
Furniture Stores sits inside Retail Trade, a sector that runs a 4.2% net margin overall.
21,964 establishments employ 194,508 workers (8.9/location) at $50,508/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$50,508/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
21,964
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 2,756; establishment count decreased by 322. 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)
- $9.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Furniture Stores NAICS 44211 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 18,805 |
| California | 18,322 |
| Florida | 17,779 |
| New York | 9,032 |
| North Carolina | 7,700 |
| Georgia | 6,774 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,594 |
| Illinois | 6,345 |
| Ohio | 6,218 |
| Arizona | 5,722 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
404
Total Loan Volume
$340M
Avg Loan Size
$843K
Jobs Supported
3,979
Program Breakdown
7(a) 283 (70%)
504 121 (30%)
Top SBA Lender
U.S. Bank, National Association
21 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 112
2021 193
2022 76
2023 16
2024 6
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Furniture Stores?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 4421 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Furniture Stores?
21,964 business establishments. Together they employ 194,508 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Furniture Stores?
$50,508/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Furniture Stores employment?
Texas leads with 18,805 workers. California (18,322) and Florida (17,779) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Furniture Stores receive?
Furniture Stores businesses received 404 SBA loans totaling $340 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $843K. These loans supported 3,979 jobs at origination. Most lending (70%) 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 50% of that same 259-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 Furniture Stores
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 21,964 establishments, 194,508 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 404 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 4421 · 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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