Retail Trade ·NAICS 44815

NAICS 44815 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Clothing Accessories Stores - Industry Benchmarks

124 SBA loans on record, $40M in volume, for NAICS 44815.

4.2%
Retail Trade sector margin
N/A
Workers employed
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$40M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 44815

Florida leads Clothing Accessories 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)
N/A
Workers employed (Census CBP)
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$40M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Clothing Accessories Stores

Clothing Accessories Stores sits inside Retail Trade, a sector that runs a 4.2% net margin overall.

7,488 establishments employ N/A workers. Florida leads employment, followed by Nevada and South Carolina.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

7,488

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count decreased by 224. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Financial Detail

Annual Payroll (Total)
$1.8B

Sub-Industries

Industry Profit Margin
Clothing Accessories Stores

NAICS 448150

N/A

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Florida 4,914
Nevada 1,522
South Carolina 1,427
District of Columbia 161

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

124

Total Loan Volume

$40M

Avg Loan Size

$322K

Jobs Supported

709

Program Breakdown

7(a) 117 (94%)
504 7 (6%)

Top SBA Lender

TD Bank, National Association

13 loans in this industry

New Business Share

21.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
44
2021
34
2022
25
2023
15
2024
3
2025
2
2026
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Clothing Accessories Stores?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 44815 level. Florida leads this industry nationally. The broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Clothing Accessories Stores?
7,488 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Clothing Accessories Stores?
Average payroll data for Clothing Accessories Stores is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Clothing Accessories Stores employment?
Florida leads with 4,914 workers. Nevada (1,522) and South Carolina (1,427) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Clothing Accessories Stores receive?
Clothing Accessories Stores businesses received 124 SBA loans totaling $40 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $322K. These loans supported 709 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Benchmarking Clothing Accessories Stores

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 44815 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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