Employment
6,190
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 49313
NAICS 49313 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Farm Product Warehousing and Storage - Industry Benchmarks
7 SBA loans on record, $7M in volume, for NAICS 49313.
- 722
- Establishments
- 6K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $7M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 49313
California leads Farm Product Warehousing and Storage activity nationally, across 722 establishments employing 6K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 722
- Business establishments (Census)
- 6K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $7M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
Farm Product Warehousing and Storage sits inside Transportation and Warehousing.
722 establishments employ 6,190 workers (8.6/location). California leads employment, followed by Texas and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
722
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,694; establishment count decreased by 52. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.6
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Farm Product Warehousing and Storage NAICS 493130 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 1,011 |
| Texas | 552 |
| Illinois | 467 |
| Louisiana | 278 |
| Virginia | 228 |
| Mississippi | 214 |
| North Carolina | 196 |
| Georgia | 158 |
| Missouri | 123 |
| Tennessee | 92 |
Showing top 10 of 40 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
7
Total Loan Volume
$7M
Avg Loan Size
$990K
Jobs Supported
32
Program Breakdown
7(a) 4 (57%)
504 3 (43%)
Top SBA Lender
The First State Bank
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
14.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (4 yrs)
2020 1
2021 1
2022 3
2023 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Farm Product Warehousing and Storage?
722 business establishments. Together they employ 6,190 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Farm Product Warehousing and Storage?
Average payroll data for Farm Product Warehousing and Storage is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Farm Product Warehousing and Storage employment?
California leads with 1,011 workers. Texas (552) and Illinois (467) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Farm Product Warehousing and Storage receive?
Farm Product Warehousing and Storage businesses received 7 SBA loans totaling $7 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $990K. These loans supported 32 jobs at origination. Most lending (57%) 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 5% 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 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 722 establishments, 6,190 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 7 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 49313 · 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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