Employment
18,419
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 488991
NAICS 488991 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Packing and Crating - Industry Benchmarks
$48,197/yr average annual pay, with 71 SBA loans on record for NAICS 488991.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 18K
- Workers employed
- $48,197/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $52M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 488991
Texas leads Packing and Crating activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 18K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $48,197/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $52M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Packing and Crating
Packing and Crating sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
1,572 establishments employ 18,419 workers (11.7/location) at $48,197/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Ohio.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$48,197/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,572
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 4,569; establishment count decreased by 27. 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)
- $887.7M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.7
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,410 |
| California | 2,153 |
| Ohio | 1,179 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,041 |
| Florida | 974 |
| Michigan | 792 |
| Kentucky | 733 |
| New Jersey | 633 |
| New York | 589 |
| Tennessee | 564 |
Showing top 10 of 44 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
71
Total Loan Volume
$52M
Avg Loan Size
$736K
Jobs Supported
1,241
Program Breakdown
7(a) 62 (87%)
504 9 (13%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
28.2% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 3
2021 14
2022 18
2023 10
2024 16
2025 9
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Packing and Crating?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 488991 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Packing and Crating?
1,572 business establishments. Together they employ 18,419 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Packing and Crating?
$48,197/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 11.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Packing and Crating employment?
Texas leads with 2,410 workers. California (2,153) and Ohio (1,179) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Packing and Crating receive?
Packing and Crating businesses received 71 SBA loans totaling $52 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $736K. These loans supported 1,241 jobs at origination. Most lending (87%) 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 29% of that same 801-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 Packing and Crating
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 1,572 establishments, 18,419 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 71 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 488991 · 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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