Profit Margin
3.0%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing ·NAICS 5321
NAICS 5321 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing - Industry Benchmarks
433 SBA loans on record, $147M in volume, for NAICS 5321.
- 3.0%
- Net margin
- N/A
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $147M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5321
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing runs a 3.0% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 16K establishments employing N/A workers.
- 3.0%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- N/A
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $147M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing 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 Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing sits inside Real Estate and Rental and Leasing at a 3.0% net margin (below the national median), $59.9B in aggregate receipts across 6,229 returns, averaging $9.6B per establishment.
16,466 establishments employ N/A workers. New Jersey leads employment, followed by Ohio and Missouri.
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing sits in the 25th percentile for net margin among 4-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$59.9B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$1.8B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
N/A
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
16,466
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count increased by 70. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Subscribe to this industry's release updates (RSS)Where each dollar of Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing revenue goes
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing margin vs national reference points
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing net margin 10.1%
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
6,229 returns
Margin: 3.0% · Receipts: $59.9B
Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022
30,198 returns
Margin: -9.9% · Receipts: $1.9B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 6,229
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $9.6B
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Passenger Car Rental and Leasing NAICS 53211 | N/A |
| Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing NAICS 53212 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
433
Total Loan Volume
$147M
Avg Loan Size
$340K
Jobs Supported
1,869
Program Breakdown
7(a) 406 (94%)
504 27 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
50 loans in this industry
New Business Share
44.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 36
2021 59
2022 52
2023 84
2024 88
2025 99
2026 15
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing?
$59.9B in total annual receipts across all Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing businesses. Average per business: $9.6B.
How profitable is Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing?
3.0% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing?
16,466 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing?
Average payroll data for Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing employment?
New Jersey leads with 6,627 workers. Ohio (6,610) and Missouri (3,322) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing receive?
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing businesses received 433 SBA loans totaling $147 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $340K. These loans supported 1,869 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing, both at NAICS level 4 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #94 of 126 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (3.0% here).
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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 5321 · 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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