Profit Margin
19.4%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing ·NAICS 533
NAICS 533 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) - Industry Benchmarks
28 SBA loans on record, $40M in volume, for NAICS 533.
- 19.4%
- Net margin
- 44K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $40M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 533
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) runs a 19.4% pre-tax net margin - above average for US industries - across 3K establishments employing 44K workers.
- 19.4%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 44K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $40M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)'s NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) 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 Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) sits inside Real Estate and Rental and Leasing at a 19.4% net margin (above average for US industries), $9.3B in aggregate receipts across 3,172 returns, averaging $2.9B per establishment.
2,701 establishments employ 44,095 workers (16.3/location). California leads employment, followed by Texas and Minnesota.
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) sits in the 5th percentile for employment and the 96th percentile for net margin among 3-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$9.3B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$1.8B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
44,095
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
2,701
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,566; establishment count decreased by 28. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Workforce scale
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) margin vs national reference points
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) net margin 64.8%
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
3,172 returns
Margin: 19.4% · Receipts: $9.3B
Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022
2,342 returns
Margin: 61.5% · Receipts: $123.3M
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 3,172
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $2.9B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 16.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) NAICS 5331 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 5,816 |
| Texas | 5,244 |
| Minnesota | 1,863 |
| Florida | 1,796 |
| New York | 1,721 |
| Ohio | 1,659 |
| New Jersey | 1,640 |
| Colorado | 1,477 |
| Arizona | 1,339 |
| North Carolina | 1,071 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
28
Total Loan Volume
$40M
Avg Loan Size
$1432K
Jobs Supported
383
Program Breakdown
7(a) 28 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
Platinum Bank
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
32.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 4
2021 5
2022 4
2023 1
2024 6
2025 7
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)?
$9.3B in total annual receipts across all Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) businesses. Average per business: $2.9B.
How profitable is Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)?
19.4% net profit margin, above average for US industries.
How many businesses are in Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)?
2,701 business establishments. Together they employ 44,095 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)?
Average payroll data for Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) employment?
California leads with 5,816 workers. Texas (5,244) and Minnesota (1,863) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) receive?
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) businesses received 28 SBA loans totaling $40 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1432K. These loans supported 383 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works), both at NAICS level 3 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) ranks #73 of 77 U.S. industries at the 3-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #3 of 75 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (19.4% here).
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (44,095 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 533 · 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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