Employment
2,605
Total employees (Census CBP)
Information ·NAICS 512290
NAICS 512290 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Sound Recording Industries - Industry Benchmarks
$79,044/yr average annual pay, with 50 SBA loans on record for NAICS 512290.
- 9.1%
- Information sector margin
- 3K
- Workers employed
- $79,044/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $13M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 512290
New York leads Other Sound Recording Industries activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Information sector runs a 9.1% net margin.
- 9.1%
- Information sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 3K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $79,044/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $13M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Sound Recording Industries
Other Sound Recording Industries sits inside Information, a sector that runs a 9.1% net margin overall.
733 establishments employ 2,605 workers (3.5/location) at $79,044/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by Florida and North Carolina.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$79,044/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
733
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 261; establishment count increased by 158. 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)
- $205.9M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 3.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 258 |
| Florida | 83 |
| North Carolina | 70 |
| Arizona | 25 |
| South Carolina | 12 |
| District of Columbia | 7 |
| Kentucky | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 5 |
Showing top 10 of 36 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
50
Total Loan Volume
$13M
Avg Loan Size
$257K
Jobs Supported
157
Program Breakdown
7(a) 47 (94%)
504 3 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
Readycap Lending, LLC
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
30.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 1
2021 7
2022 5
2023 10
2024 10
2025 13
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Sound Recording Industries?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 512290 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Information sector runs a 9.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Sound Recording Industries?
733 business establishments. Together they employ 2,605 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Sound Recording Industries?
$79,044/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 3.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Sound Recording Industries employment?
New York leads with 258 workers. Florida (83) and North Carolina (70) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Sound Recording Industries receive?
Other Sound Recording Industries businesses received 50 SBA loans totaling $13 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $257K. These loans supported 157 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) 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 2% 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 Other Sound Recording Industries
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Information
- 733 establishments, 2,605 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 50 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 512290 · 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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