Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 493110

NAICS 493110 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

General Warehousing and Storage - Industry Benchmarks

378 SBA loans on record, $430M in volume, for NAICS 493110.

17K
Establishments
N/A
Workers employed
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$430M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 493110

Pennsylvania leads General Warehousing and Storage activity nationally, across 17K establishments employing N/A workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.

17K
Business establishments (Census)
N/A
Workers employed (Census CBP)
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$430M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for General Warehousing and Storage

General Warehousing and Storage sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.

16,753 establishments employ N/A workers. Pennsylvania leads employment, followed by North Carolina and Virginia.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

16,753

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count increased by 1,337. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Financial Detail

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Pennsylvania 85,998
North Carolina 47,292
Virginia 30,648
Arizona 27,242
South Carolina 26,093
Massachusetts 17,717
Utah 15,658
Iowa 15,120
Mississippi 13,412
Connecticut 11,522

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

378

Total Loan Volume

$430M

Avg Loan Size

$1139K

Jobs Supported

4,192

Program Breakdown

7(a) 270 (71%)
504 108 (29%)

Top SBA Lender

Bank Five Nine

17 loans in this industry

New Business Share

27.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
46
2021
82
2022
48
2023
66
2024
65
2025
63
2026
8

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many businesses are in General Warehousing and Storage?
16,753 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in General Warehousing and Storage?
Average payroll data for General Warehousing and Storage is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most General Warehousing and Storage employment?
Pennsylvania leads with 85,998 workers. North Carolina (47,292) and Virginia (30,648) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does General Warehousing and Storage receive?
General Warehousing and Storage businesses received 378 SBA loans totaling $430 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1139K. These loans supported 4,192 jobs at origination. Most lending (71%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Benchmarking General Warehousing and Storage

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 493110 · 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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