NAICS 4542 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Vending Machine Operators - Industry Benchmarks

282 SBA loans on record, $112M in volume, for NAICS 4542.

3K
Establishments: N/A
Workers employed: N/A
Avg payroll / employee: $112M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 4542

Georgia leads Vending Machine Operators activity nationally, across 3K establishments employing N/A workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

3K
Business establishments (Census): N/A
Workers employed (Census CBP): N/A
Avg payroll / employee: $112M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Vending Machine Operators's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Vending Machine Operators is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.

Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023

Benchmarking Insights for Vending Machine Operators

Vending Machine Operators sits inside Retail Trade.

3,227 establishments employ N/A workers. Georgia leads employment, followed by Tennessee and Maryland.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

3,227

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count decreased by 16. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Financial Detail

Sub-Industries

Industry	Profit Margin	Employment	Avg Payroll/Emp
Vending Machine Operators NAICS 45421	N/A	N/A	N/A

Top States by Employment

State	Employment	Establishments	Annual Payroll	Avg Payroll/Emp
Georgia	1,523	109	$80.6M	$52,909/yr
Tennessee	1,016	86	$47.5M	$46,723/yr
Maryland	950	52	$48.4M	$50,948/yr
Virginia	671	53	$32.3M	$48,152/yr
Arizona	609	76	$29.0M	$47,565/yr
New Jersey	593	71	$31.8M	$53,558/yr
Minnesota	559	55	$25.4M	$45,354/yr
Arkansas	397	35	$17.2M	$43,375/yr
Nevada	374	23	N/A	N/A
Utah	354	31	N/A	N/A

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

282

Total Loan Volume

$112M

Avg Loan Size

$399K

Jobs Supported

936

Program Breakdown

7(a) 276 (98%)

504 6 (2%)

Top SBA Lender

UniBank

79 loans in this industry

New Business Share

73.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020

114

2021

118

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in Vending Machine Operators?

3,227 business establishments.

What is the average payroll per employee in Vending Machine Operators?

Average payroll data for Vending Machine Operators is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.

Which states have the most Vending Machine Operators employment?

Georgia leads with 1,523 workers. Tennessee (1,016) and Maryland (950) round out the top three.

How much SBA lending does Vending Machine Operators receive?

Vending Machine Operators businesses received 282 SBA loans totaling $112 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $399K. These loans supported 936 jobs at origination. Most lending (98%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Benchmarking Vending Machine Operators

No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
3,227 establishments, N/A workers. Payroll benchmarks
282 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 4542 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI

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 Accessed 2026-07-06

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