Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 541191

NAICS 541191 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Title Abstract and Settlement Offices - Industry Benchmarks

$66,465/yr average annual pay, with 135 SBA loans on record for NAICS 541191.

14.0%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
63K
Workers employed
$66,465/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$70M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 541191

Texas leads Title Abstract and Settlement Offices activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector runs a 14.0% net margin.

14.0%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin (IRS SOI)
63K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$66,465/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$70M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Title Abstract and Settlement Offices

Title Abstract and Settlement Offices sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 14.0% net margin overall.

9,825 establishments employ 62,997 workers (6.4/location) at $66,465/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Florida and Ohio.

Employment

62,997

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$66,465/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

9,825

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment decreased by 11,323; establishment count increased by 63. 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)
$4.2B
Avg Employees per Establishment
6.4

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Texas 7,316
Florida 5,618
Ohio 2,699
New York 2,557
Virginia 2,364
Michigan 2,155
Oklahoma 2,023
Tennessee 1,931
Maryland 1,860
Georgia 1,673

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

135

Total Loan Volume

$70M

Avg Loan Size

$517K

Jobs Supported

1,451

Program Breakdown

7(a) 123 (91%)
504 12 (9%)

Top SBA Lender

TD Bank, National Association

8 loans in this industry

New Business Share

20.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
15
2021
33
2022
18
2023
18
2024
22
2025
25
2026
4

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Title Abstract and Settlement Offices?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 541191 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector runs a 14.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Title Abstract and Settlement Offices?
9,825 business establishments. Together they employ 62,997 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Title Abstract and Settlement Offices?
$66,465/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 6.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Title Abstract and Settlement Offices employment?
Texas leads with 7,316 workers. Florida (5,618) and Ohio (2,699) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Title Abstract and Settlement Offices receive?
Title Abstract and Settlement Offices businesses received 135 SBA loans totaling $70 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $517K. These loans supported 1,451 jobs at origination. Most lending (91%) 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 62% of that same 801-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 Title Abstract and Settlement Offices

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 541191 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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