Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 48711

NAICS 48711 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land - Industry Benchmarks

$45,755/yr average annual pay, with 40 SBA loans on record for NAICS 48711.

727
Establishments
9K
Workers employed
$45,755/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$12M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 48711

Florida leads Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land activity nationally, across 727 establishments employing 9K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

727
Business establishments (Census)
9K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$45,755/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$12M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land 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 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land

Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.

727 establishments employ 9,244 workers (12.7/location) at $45,755/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by Colorado and New York.

Employment

9,244

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$45,755/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

727

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment increased by 860; establishment count increased by 18. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Workforce scale

Financial Detail

Annual Payroll (Total)
$423.0M
Avg Employees per Establishment
12.7

Sub-Industries

Industry Profit Margin
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land

NAICS 487110

N/A

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Florida 861
Colorado 644
New York 522
Tennessee 295
Pennsylvania 284
North Carolina 228
South Carolina 210
District of Columbia 209
Ohio 187
Louisiana 167

Showing top 10 of 42 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

40

Total Loan Volume

$12M

Avg Loan Size

$303K

Jobs Supported

277

Program Breakdown

7(a) 37 (93%)
504 3 (7%)

Top SBA Lender

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

5 loans in this industry

New Business Share

30.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)

2020
7
2021
3
2022
5
2023
6
2024
12
2025
7

Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land?
727 business establishments. Together they employ 9,244 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land?
$45,755/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 12.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land employment?
Florida leads with 861 workers. Colorado (644) and New York (522) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land receive?
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land businesses received 40 SBA loans totaling $12 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $303K. These loans supported 277 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) 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 8% 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 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land

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 48711 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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