Employment
45,450
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 45321
NAICS 45321 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores - Industry Benchmarks
$28,119/yr average annual pay, with 81 SBA loans on record for NAICS 45321.
- 4K
- Establishments
- 45K
- Workers employed
- $28,119/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $32M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 45321
California leads Office Supplies and Stationery Stores activity nationally, across 4K establishments employing 45K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 4K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 45K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $28,119/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $32M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores sits inside Retail Trade.
4,210 establishments employ 45,450 workers (10.8/location) at $28,119/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and North Carolina.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$28,119/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,210
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,284; establishment count decreased by 44. 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)
- $1.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.8
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Office Supplies and Stationery Stores NAICS 453210 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 5,575 |
| Florida | 3,036 |
| North Carolina | 1,434 |
| Illinois | 1,294 |
| Georgia | 1,273 |
| Ohio | 1,267 |
| Virginia | 1,193 |
| Michigan | 1,180 |
| Washington | 1,015 |
| Arizona | 952 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
81
Total Loan Volume
$32M
Avg Loan Size
$394K
Jobs Supported
580
Program Breakdown
7(a) 71 (88%)
504 10 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
8 loans in this industry
New Business Share
16.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (5 yrs)
2020 25
2021 38
2022 15
2023 2
2024 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Office Supplies and Stationery Stores?
4,210 business establishments. Together they employ 45,450 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Office Supplies and Stationery Stores?
$28,119/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Office Supplies and Stationery Stores employment?
California leads with 5,575 workers. Florida (3,036) and North Carolina (1,434) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Office Supplies and Stationery Stores receive?
Office Supplies and Stationery Stores businesses received 81 SBA loans totaling $32 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $394K. These loans supported 580 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 36% of that same 551-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 Office Supplies and Stationery Stores
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 4,210 establishments, 45,450 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 81 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 45321 · 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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