Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ·NAICS 541618

NAICS 541618 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Other Management Consulting Services - Industry Benchmarks

1,133 SBA loans on record, $258M in volume, for NAICS 541618.

14.0%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector margin
N/A
Workers employed
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$258M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 541618

Florida leads Other Management 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)
N/A
Workers employed (Census CBP)
N/A
Avg payroll / employee
$258M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Other Management Consulting Services

Other Management Consulting Services sits inside Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, a sector that runs a 14.0% net margin overall.

14,568 establishments employ N/A workers. Florida leads employment, followed by Virginia and Texas.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

14,568

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count increased by 1,546. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Financial Detail

Top States by Employment

State Employment
Florida 6,217
Virginia 5,352
Texas 4,444
New Jersey 1,311
Arizona 988
Utah 926
Pennsylvania 862
North Carolina 826
Massachusetts 798
Connecticut 544

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

1,133

Total Loan Volume

$258M

Avg Loan Size

$228K

Jobs Supported

6,785

Program Breakdown

7(a) 1,113 (98%)
504 20 (2%)

Top SBA Lender

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

122 loans in this industry

New Business Share

29.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
137
2021
162
2022
143
2023
205
2024
192
2025
251
2026
43

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Other Management Consulting Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 541618 level. Florida 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 Other Management Consulting Services?
14,568 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Management Consulting Services?
Average payroll data for Other Management Consulting Services is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Other Management Consulting Services employment?
Florida leads with 6,217 workers. Virginia (5,352) and Texas (4,444) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Management Consulting Services receive?
Other Management Consulting Services businesses received 1,133 SBA loans totaling $258 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $228K. These loans supported 6,785 jobs at origination. Most lending (98%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

Benchmarking Other Management Consulting Services

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 541618 · 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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