Employment
N/A
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 451211
NAICS 451211 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Book Stores - Industry Benchmarks
76 SBA loans on record, $30M in volume, for NAICS 451211.
- 6K
- Establishments
- N/A
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $30M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 451211
Kansas leads Book Stores activity nationally, across 6K establishments employing N/A workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 6K
- Business establishments (Census)
- N/A
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $30M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Book Stores
Book Stores sits inside Retail Trade.
5,629 establishments employ N/A workers. Kansas leads employment, followed by Vermont and Delaware.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
5,629
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 54. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Financial Detail
Top States by Employment
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
76
Total Loan Volume
$30M
Avg Loan Size
$396K
Jobs Supported
665
Program Breakdown
7(a) 68 (89%)
504 8 (11%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
11 loans in this industry
New Business Share
50.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 22
2021 28
2022 19
2023 4
2024 1
2025 1
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Book Stores?
5,629 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Book Stores?
Average payroll data for Book Stores is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Book Stores employment?
Kansas leads with 510 workers. Vermont (199) and Delaware (182) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Book Stores receive?
Book Stores businesses received 76 SBA loans totaling $30 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $396K. These loans supported 665 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Benchmarking Book Stores
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 5,629 establishments, N/A workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 76 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 451211 · 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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