Employment
71,790
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 45431
NAICS 45431 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Fuel Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$61,182/yr average annual pay, with 125 SBA loans on record for NAICS 45431.
- 8K
- Establishments
- 72K
- Workers employed
- $61,182/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $42M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 45431
New York leads Fuel Dealers activity nationally, across 8K establishments employing 72K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 8K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 72K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $61,182/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $42M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Fuel Dealers
Fuel Dealers sits inside Retail Trade.
7,703 establishments employ 71,790 workers (9.3/location) at $61,182/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$61,182/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
7,703
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 2,140; establishment count decreased by 92. 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)
- $4.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Fuel Dealers NAICS 454310 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 8,045 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,833 |
| Massachusetts | 4,586 |
| Connecticut | 4,307 |
| North Carolina | 3,612 |
| California | 2,839 |
| Texas | 2,778 |
| Michigan | 2,282 |
| Florida | 1,934 |
| Virginia | 1,913 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
125
Total Loan Volume
$42M
Avg Loan Size
$340K
Jobs Supported
1,037
Program Breakdown
7(a) 119 (95%)
504 6 (5%)
Top SBA Lender
Leader Bank, National Association
30 loans in this industry
New Business Share
12.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 44
2021 58
2022 17
2023 3
2024 2
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Fuel Dealers?
7,703 business establishments. Together they employ 71,790 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Fuel Dealers?
$61,182/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 9.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Fuel Dealers employment?
New York leads with 8,045 workers. Pennsylvania (5,833) and Massachusetts (4,586) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Fuel Dealers receive?
Fuel Dealers businesses received 125 SBA loans totaling $42 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $340K. These loans supported 1,037 jobs at origination. Most lending (95%) 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 49% 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 Fuel Dealers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 7,703 establishments, 71,790 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 125 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 45431 · 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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