Employment
18,419
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 488991
NAICS 488991 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Packing and Crating - Industry Benchmarks
$48,197/yr average annual pay, with 71 SBA loans on record for NAICS 488991.
- 2K
- Establishments
- 18K
- Workers employed
- $48,197/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $52M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 488991
Texas leads Packing and Crating activity nationally, across 2K establishments employing 18K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 2K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 18K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $48,197/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $52M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Packing and Crating's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Packing and Crating 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 Packing and Crating
Packing and Crating sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
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.
Packing and Crating sits in the 29th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
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.
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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 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.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Packing and Crating, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Packing and Crating ranks #572 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (18,419 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Transportation and Warehousing · 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 · 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
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