Retail Trade ·NAICS 448190

NAICS 448190 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Other Clothing Stores - Industry Benchmarks

332 SBA loans on record, $123M in volume, for NAICS 448190.

4.2%
Retail Trade sector margin
N/A
Workers employed
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$123M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 448190

Pennsylvania leads Other Clothing 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
$123M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Other Clothing Stores

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

11,286 establishments employ N/A workers. Pennsylvania leads employment, followed by Missouri and Massachusetts.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

11,286

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count decreased by 940. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Financial Detail

Annual Payroll (Total)
$2.8B

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Pennsylvania 3,604
Missouri 2,050
Massachusetts 2,001
Alabama 1,649
Louisiana 1,623
Mississippi 1,613
Nevada 1,575
Hawaii 1,289
Kansas 1,210
Connecticut 1,112

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

332

Total Loan Volume

$123M

Avg Loan Size

$369K

Jobs Supported

1,928

Program Breakdown

7(a) 295 (89%)
504 37 (11%)

Top SBA Lender

U.S. Bank, National Association

22 loans in this industry

New Business Share

27.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)

2020
101
2021
125
2022
73
2023
17
2024
8
2025
8

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Other Clothing Stores?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 448190 level. Pennsylvania leads this industry nationally. The broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Clothing Stores?
11,286 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Clothing Stores?
Average payroll data for Other Clothing Stores is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Other Clothing Stores employment?
Pennsylvania leads with 3,604 workers. Missouri (2,050) and Massachusetts (2,001) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Clothing Stores receive?
Other Clothing Stores businesses received 332 SBA loans totaling $123 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $369K. These loans supported 1,928 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Benchmarking Other Clothing 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 448190 · 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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