Profit Margin
14.0%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing ·NAICS 5312
NAICS 5312 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers - Industry Benchmarks
$79,090/yr average annual pay, with 2,283 SBA loans on record for NAICS 5312.
- 14.0%
- Net margin
- 395K
- Workers employed
- $79,090/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $706M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5312
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers runs a 14.0% pre-tax net margin - above average for US industries - across 164K establishments employing 395K workers.
- 14.0%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 395K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $79,090/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $706M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers 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 2013 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers sits inside Real Estate and Rental and Leasing at a 14.0% net margin (above average for US industries), $53.7B in aggregate receipts across 129,449 returns, averaging $415.1M per establishment.
163,894 establishments employ 395,264 workers (2.4/location) at $79,090/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and New York.
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers sits in the 70th percentile for employment and the 93rd percentile for net margin among 4-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$53.7B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$7.5B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
395,264
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$79,090/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
163,894
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 21,266; establishment count decreased by 1,691. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Workforce scale
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers margin vs national reference points
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers net margin 46.6%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/7%
Business Structure Breakdown
Per-entity IRS SOI tables at their own vintages, shares only when every row shares one year (never mix 2013/2017/2022 populations).
C Corporation SOI 2013
129,449 returns 100%
Margin: 14.0% · Receipts: $53.7B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 129,449
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $415.1M
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $31.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 2.4
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers NAICS 53121 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 53,008 |
| Texas | 33,989 |
| New York | 19,852 |
| Washington | 14,425 |
| Illinois | 13,253 |
| New Jersey | 10,441 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,697 |
| Ohio | 8,422 |
| Nevada | 7,479 |
| Massachusetts | 7,461 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2,283
Total Loan Volume
$706M
Avg Loan Size
$309K
Jobs Supported
13,166
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,884 (83%)
504 399 (17%)
Top SBA Lender
U.S. Bank, National Association
244 loans in this industry
New Business Share
13.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 282
2021 367
2022 373
2023 350
2024 416
2025 431
2026 64
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers?
$53.7B in total annual receipts across all Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers businesses. Average per business: $415.1M.
How profitable is Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers?
14.0% net profit margin, above average for US industries.
How many businesses are in Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers?
163,894 business establishments. Together they employ 395,264 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers?
$79,090/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 2.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers employment?
California leads with 53,008 workers. Texas (33,989) and New York (19,852) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers receive?
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers businesses received 2,283 SBA loans totaling $706 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $309K. These loans supported 13,166 jobs at origination. Most lending (83%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers, both at NAICS level 4 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers ranks #77 of 259 U.S. industries at the 4-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #9 of 126 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (14.0% here).
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (395,264 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 5312 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI 2013
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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