Employment
145,677
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 44229
NAICS 44229 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Home Furnishings Stores - Industry Benchmarks
$26,081/yr average annual pay, with 374 SBA loans on record for NAICS 44229.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin
- 146K
- Workers employed
- $26,081/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $195M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 44229
California leads Other Home Furnishings 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)
- 146K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $26,081/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $195M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Home Furnishings Stores
Other Home Furnishings Stores sits inside Retail Trade, a sector that runs a 4.2% net margin overall.
13,255 establishments employ 145,677 workers (11.0/location) at $26,081/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$26,081/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
13,255
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 28,542; establishment count decreased by 139. 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)
- $3.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| All Other Home Furnishings Stores NAICS 442299 | N/A |
| Window Treatment Stores NAICS 442291 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 16,313 |
| Texas | 12,265 |
| Florida | 11,108 |
| New York | 10,780 |
| New Jersey | 5,922 |
| Illinois | 5,696 |
| Massachusetts | 5,111 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,849 |
| Georgia | 4,471 |
| North Carolina | 4,455 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
374
Total Loan Volume
$195M
Avg Loan Size
$522K
Jobs Supported
2,629
Program Breakdown
7(a) 328 (88%)
504 46 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
United Midwest Savings Bank National Association
51 loans in this industry
New Business Share
34.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 106
2021 168
2022 73
2023 16
2024 10
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Home Furnishings Stores?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 44229 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 Other Home Furnishings Stores?
13,255 business establishments. Together they employ 145,677 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Home Furnishings Stores?
$26,081/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 11.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Home Furnishings Stores employment?
California leads with 16,313 workers. Texas (12,265) and Florida (11,108) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Home Furnishings Stores receive?
Other Home Furnishings Stores businesses received 374 SBA loans totaling $195 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $522K. These loans supported 2,629 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 71% 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 Other Home Furnishings Stores
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 13,255 establishments, 145,677 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 374 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 44229 · 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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