Employment
71,790
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 454310
NAICS 454310 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Fuel Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$61,182/yr average annual pay, with 121 SBA loans on record for NAICS 454310.
- 8K
- Establishments
- 72K
- Workers employed
- $61,182/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $42M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 454310
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
Use Fuel Dealers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Fuel Dealers 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 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.
Fuel Dealers sits in the 65th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
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.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $4.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 9.3
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
121
Total Loan Volume
$42M
Avg Loan Size
$349K
Jobs Supported
1,025
Program Breakdown
7(a) 115 (95%)
504 6 (5%)
Top SBA Lender
Leader Bank, National Association
30 loans in this industry
New Business Share
12.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 44
2021 58
2022 16
2023 1
2024 1
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 121 SBA loans totaling $42 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $349K. These loans supported 1,025 jobs at origination. Most lending (95%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Fuel Dealers, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Fuel Dealers ranks #282 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (71,790 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Retail Trade · 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 454310 · 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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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