Employment
44,033
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 445299
NAICS 445299 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
All Other Specialty Food Stores - Industry Benchmarks
$23,920/yr average annual pay, with 459 SBA loans on record for NAICS 445299.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin
- 44K
- Workers employed
- $23,920/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $172M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 445299
California leads All Other Specialty Food 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)
- 44K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $23,920/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $172M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for All Other Specialty Food Stores
All Other Specialty Food Stores sits inside Retail Trade, a sector that runs a 4.2% net margin overall.
6,122 establishments employ 44,033 workers (7.2/location) at $23,920/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$23,920/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
6,122
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 345; establishment count decreased by 24. 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)
- $1.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 7.2
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 5,641 |
| New York | 2,657 |
| Florida | 2,415 |
| Washington | 2,384 |
| Wisconsin | 1,743 |
| Michigan | 1,730 |
| New Jersey | 1,578 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,391 |
| Ohio | 1,313 |
| Illinois | 1,156 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
459
Total Loan Volume
$172M
Avg Loan Size
$375K
Jobs Supported
5,768
Program Breakdown
7(a) 409 (89%)
504 50 (11%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
30 loans in this industry
New Business Share
32.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 154
2021 190
2022 95
2023 12
2024 4
2025 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is All Other Specialty Food Stores?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 445299 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 All Other Specialty Food Stores?
6,122 business establishments. Together they employ 44,033 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in All Other Specialty Food Stores?
$23,920/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 7.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most All Other Specialty Food Stores employment?
California leads with 5,641 workers. New York (2,657) and Florida (2,415) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does All Other Specialty Food Stores receive?
All Other Specialty Food Stores businesses received 459 SBA loans totaling $172 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $375K. These loans supported 5,768 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) 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 52% 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 All Other Specialty Food Stores
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 6,122 establishments, 44,033 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 459 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 445299 · 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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