Employment
11,284
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 445220
NAICS 445220 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Fish and Seafood Markets - Industry Benchmarks
$36,738/yr average annual pay, with 45 SBA loans on record for NAICS 445220.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin
- 11K
- Workers employed
- $36,738/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $16M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 445220
New York leads Fish and Seafood Markets 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)
- 11K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $36,738/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $16M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Fish and Seafood Markets
Fish and Seafood Markets sits inside Retail Trade, a sector that runs a 4.2% net margin overall.
1,910 establishments employ 11,284 workers (5.9/location) at $36,738/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by Florida and California.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$36,738/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,910
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 776; establishment count decreased by 73. 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)
- $414.5M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 5.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 2,282 |
| Florida | 1,135 |
| California | 973 |
| Louisiana | 681 |
| Massachusetts | 656 |
| Maryland | 573 |
| New Jersey | 448 |
| Pennsylvania | 446 |
| North Carolina | 314 |
| Georgia | 304 |
Showing top 10 of 37 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
45
Total Loan Volume
$16M
Avg Loan Size
$356K
Jobs Supported
229
Program Breakdown
7(a) 41 (91%)
504 4 (9%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
8 loans in this industry
New Business Share
13.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (5 yrs)
2020 12
2021 17
2022 10
2023 3
2024 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Fish and Seafood Markets?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 445220 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Fish and Seafood Markets?
1,910 business establishments. Together they employ 11,284 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Fish and Seafood Markets?
$36,738/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 5.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Fish and Seafood Markets employment?
New York leads with 2,282 workers. Florida (1,135) and California (973) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Fish and Seafood Markets receive?
Fish and Seafood Markets businesses received 45 SBA loans totaling $16 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $356K. These loans supported 229 jobs at origination. Most lending (91%) 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 18% of that same 801-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 Fish and Seafood Markets
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 1,910 establishments, 11,284 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 45 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 445220 · 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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