Employment
97,017
Total employees (Census CBP)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 541614
NAICS 541614 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services - Industry Benchmarks
$72,883/yr average annual pay, with 424 SBA loans on record for NAICS 541614.
- 14.0%
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
- 97K
- Workers employed
- $72,883/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $200M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 541614
California leads Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 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)
- 97K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $72,883/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $200M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 14.0% net margin overall.
8,360 establishments employ 97,017 workers (11.6/location) at $72,883/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and North Carolina.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$72,883/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
8,360
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 1,662; establishment count decreased by 316. 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)
- $7.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 11,068 |
| Florida | 8,625 |
| North Carolina | 4,276 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,052 |
| Illinois | 3,890 |
| Virginia | 3,605 |
| New Jersey | 2,681 |
| New York | 2,379 |
| Ohio | 2,215 |
| Georgia | 2,033 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
424
Total Loan Volume
$200M
Avg Loan Size
$473K
Jobs Supported
4,744
Program Breakdown
7(a) 402 (95%)
504 22 (5%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
40 loans in this industry
New Business Share
23.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 47
2021 58
2022 52
2023 81
2024 93
2025 84
2026 9
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 541614 level. California 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 Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services?
8,360 business establishments. Together they employ 97,017 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services?
$72,883/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 11.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services employment?
California leads with 11,068 workers. Florida (8,625) and North Carolina (4,276) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services receive?
Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services businesses received 424 SBA loans totaling $200 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $473K. These loans supported 4,744 jobs at origination. Most lending (95%) 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 72% 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.
- Other Services Related to Advertising 97,046
- Natural Gas Distribution 95,538
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Benchmarking Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 8,360 establishments, 97,017 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 424 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 541614 · 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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