Employment
673,396
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 5614
NAICS 5614 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Business Support Services - Industry Benchmarks
$47,783/yr average annual pay, with 1,690 SBA loans on record for NAICS 5614.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 673K
- Workers employed
- $47,783/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $679M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5614
Texas leads Business Support Services activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector runs a 5.6% net margin.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 673K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $47,783/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $679M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Business Support Services
Business Support Services sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
29,171 establishments employ 673,396 workers (23.1/location) at $47,783/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Florida and California.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$47,783/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
29,171
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 90,433; establishment count decreased by 1,850. 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)
- $32.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 23.1
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Business Service Centers NAICS 56143 | N/A |
| Collection Agencies NAICS 56144 | N/A |
| Credit Bureaus NAICS 56145 | N/A |
| Document Preparation Services NAICS 56141 | N/A |
| Other Business Support Services NAICS 56149 | N/A |
| Telephone Call Centers NAICS 56142 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 84,378 |
| Florida | 66,708 |
| California | 41,724 |
| Georgia | 23,883 |
| Tennessee | 23,592 |
| Pennsylvania | 23,105 |
| Ohio | 20,553 |
| Illinois | 18,766 |
| Utah | 18,040 |
| North Carolina | 15,417 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,690
Total Loan Volume
$679M
Avg Loan Size
$402K
Jobs Supported
15,477
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,637 (97%)
504 53 (3%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
220 loans in this industry
New Business Share
39.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 153
2021 213
2022 240
2023 298
2024 330
2025 397
2026 59
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Business Support Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 5614 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector runs a 5.6% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Business Support Services?
29,171 business establishments. Together they employ 673,396 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Business Support Services?
$47,783/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 23.1 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Business Support Services employment?
Texas leads with 84,378 workers. Florida (66,708) and California (41,724) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Business Support Services receive?
Business Support Services businesses received 1,690 SBA loans totaling $679 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $402K. These loans supported 15,477 jobs at origination. Most lending (97%) 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 79% of that same 259-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 Business Support Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 29,171 establishments, 673,396 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,690 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 5614 · 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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