Finance and Insurance ·NAICS 522293

NAICS 522293 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

International Trade Financing - Industry Benchmarks

4 SBA loans on record, $2M in volume, for NAICS 522293.

20.1%
Finance and Insurance sector margin
889
Workers employed
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$2M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 522293

California leads International Trade Financing activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 20.1% net margin.

20.1%
Finance and Insurance sector margin (IRS SOI)
889
Workers employed (Census CBP)
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$2M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for International Trade Financing

International Trade Financing sits inside Finance and Insurance, a sector that runs a 20.1% net margin overall.

184 establishments employ 889 workers (4.8/location)..

Employment

889

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

184

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment decreased by 7; 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
4.8

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

4

Total Loan Volume

$2M

Avg Loan Size

$483K

Jobs Supported

23

Program Breakdown

7(a) 4 (100%)
504 0 (0%)

Top SBA Lender

The Huntington National Bank

2 loans in this industry

New Business Share

0.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (3 yrs)

2020
1
2022
2
2023
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is International Trade Financing?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 522293 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 20.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in International Trade Financing?
184 business establishments. Together they employ 889 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in International Trade Financing?
Average payroll data for International Trade Financing is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most International Trade Financing employment?
State-level employment data for International Trade Financing is not available in the current dataset.
How much SBA lending does International Trade Financing receive?
International Trade Financing businesses received 4 SBA loans totaling $2 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $483K. These loans supported 23 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) 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 0% 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 International Trade Financing

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 522293 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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