Profit Margin
2.6%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing ·NAICS 5321
NAICS 5321 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing - Industry Benchmarks
433 SBA loans on record, $147M in volume, for NAICS 5321.
- 2.6%
- Net margin
- N/A
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $147M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5321
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing runs a 2.6% pre-tax net margin - significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors - across 16K establishments employing N/A workers.
- 2.6%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- N/A
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $147M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing sits inside Real Estate and Rental and Leasing at a 2.6% net margin (significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors), $61.8B in aggregate receipts across 36,427 returns, averaging $1.7B per establishment.
16,466 establishments employ N/A workers. New Jersey leads employment, followed by Ohio and Missouri.
Total Receipts
$61.8B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$1.6B
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.
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 8.8%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
6,229 returns 17%
Margin: 3.0% · Receipts: $59.9B
Sole Proprietorship
30,198 returns 83%
Margin: -9.9% · Receipts: $1.9B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 36,427
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $1.7B
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?
$61.8B in total annual receipts across all Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing businesses. Average per business: $1.7B.
How profitable is Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing?
2.6% net profit margin, significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors.
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.
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: Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing reports a higher net margin than 23% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. 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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Benchmarking Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Net margin: 2.6% vs sector. Browse Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
- 16,466 establishments, N/A workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 433 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 5321 · 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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