Employment
166,083
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 445120
NAICS 445120 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Convenience Stores - Industry Benchmarks
$24,073/yr average annual pay, with 792 SBA loans on record for NAICS 445120.
- 37K
- Establishments
- 166K
- Workers employed
- $24,073/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $394M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 445120
California leads Convenience Stores activity nationally, across 37K establishments employing 166K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 37K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 166K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $24,073/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $394M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Convenience Stores's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Convenience Stores 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 Convenience Stores
Convenience Stores sits inside Retail Trade.
36,992 establishments employ 166,083 workers (4.5/location) at $24,073/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Florida.
Convenience Stores sits in the 82nd percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$24,073/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
36,992
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 6,995; establishment count increased by 566. 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)
- $4.0B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 4.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 18,546 |
| New York | 14,755 |
| Florida | 12,892 |
| Virginia | 9,125 |
| Pennsylvania | 8,637 |
| Oregon | 5,902 |
| Massachusetts | 5,515 |
| Maryland | 5,396 |
| Ohio | 5,379 |
| Michigan | 4,465 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
792
Total Loan Volume
$394M
Avg Loan Size
$497K
Jobs Supported
4,037
Program Breakdown
7(a) 743 (94%)
504 49 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
Commonwealth Business Bank
107 loans in this industry
New Business Share
22.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 278
2021 359
2022 114
2023 23
2024 14
2025 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Convenience Stores?
36,992 business establishments. Together they employ 166,083 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Convenience Stores?
$24,073/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 4.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Convenience Stores employment?
California leads with 18,546 workers. New York (14,755) and Florida (12,892) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Convenience Stores receive?
Convenience Stores businesses received 792 SBA loans totaling $394 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $497K. These loans supported 4,037 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Convenience Stores, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Convenience Stores ranks #146 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (166,083 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 445120 · 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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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