Employment
132,302
Total employees (Census CBP)
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing ·NAICS 53249
NAICS 53249 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing - Industry Benchmarks
$74,379/yr average annual pay, with 504 SBA loans on record for NAICS 53249.
- 13.8%
- Real Estate and Rental and Leasing sector margin
- 132K
- Workers employed
- $74,379/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $360M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 53249
California leads Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Real Estate and Rental and Leasing sector runs a 13.8% net margin.
- 13.8%
- Real Estate and Rental and Leasing sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 132K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $74,379/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $360M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing sits inside Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, a sector that runs a 13.8% net margin overall.
10,248 establishments employ 132,302 workers (12.9/location) at $74,379/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Louisiana.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$74,379/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
10,248
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 14,600; establishment count increased by 649. 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)
- $9.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 12.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing NAICS 532490 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 18,759 |
| Texas | 18,035 |
| Louisiana | 5,668 |
| New York | 4,566 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,877 |
| Georgia | 3,699 |
| Nevada | 3,631 |
| New Jersey | 3,596 |
| Tennessee | 3,151 |
| Michigan | 2,560 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
504
Total Loan Volume
$360M
Avg Loan Size
$714K
Jobs Supported
4,905
Program Breakdown
7(a) 440 (87%)
504 64 (13%)
Top SBA Lender
U.S. Bank, National Association
23 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 53
2021 88
2022 75
2023 79
2024 86
2025 106
2026 17
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 53249 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Real Estate and Rental and Leasing sector runs a 13.8% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing?
10,248 business establishments. Together they employ 132,302 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing?
$74,379/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 12.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing employment?
California leads with 18,759 workers. Texas (18,035) and Louisiana (5,668) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing receive?
Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing businesses received 504 SBA loans totaling $360 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $714K. These loans supported 4,905 jobs at origination. Most lending (87%) 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 67% of that same 551-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 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
- 10,248 establishments, 132,302 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 504 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 53249 · 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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