Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 56141

NAICS 56141 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Document Preparation Services - Industry Benchmarks

70 SBA loans on record, $22M in volume, for NAICS 56141.

3.9%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin: N/A
Workers employed: N/A
Avg payroll / employee: $22M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 56141

Texas leads Document Preparation 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 3.9% net margin.

3.9%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin (IRS SOI): N/A
Workers employed (Census CBP): N/A
Avg payroll / employee: $22M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Document Preparation Services's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Document Preparation Services 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 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023

Benchmarking Insights for Document Preparation Services

Document Preparation Services sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 3.9% net margin overall.

4,375 establishments employ N/A workers. Texas leads employment, followed by Indiana and Colorado.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

4,375

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count decreased by 550. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Financial Detail

Sub-Industries

Industry	Profit Margin	Employment	Avg Payroll/Emp
Document Preparation Services NAICS 561410	N/A	N/A	N/A

Top States by Employment

State	Employment	Establishments	Annual Payroll	Avg Payroll/Emp
Texas	4,169	305	$114.5M	$27,460/yr
Indiana	1,030	88	N/A	N/A
Colorado	747	110	$35.6M	$47,681/yr
Alabama	481	22	$35.7M	$74,158/yr
Nevada	340	88	$8.7M	$25,538/yr
Oklahoma	315	47	$5.2M	$16,422/yr
Utah	291	66	N/A	N/A
Wyoming	37	7	N/A	N/A

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

Total Loan Volume

$22M

Avg Loan Size

$314K

Jobs Supported

522

Program Breakdown

7(a) 67 (96%)

504 3 (4%)

Top SBA Lender

Northeast Bank

10 loans in this industry

New Business Share

15.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

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2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Document Preparation Services?

IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 56141 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector runs a 3.9% net margin (IRS SOI 2013 C corp).

How many businesses are in Document Preparation Services?

4,375 business establishments.

What is the average payroll per employee in Document Preparation Services?

Average payroll data for Document Preparation Services is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.

Which states have the most Document Preparation Services employment?

Texas leads with 4,169 workers. Indiana (1,030) and Colorado (747) round out the top three.

How much SBA lending does Document Preparation Services receive?

Document Preparation Services businesses received 70 SBA loans totaling $22 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $314K. These loans supported 522 jobs at origination. Most lending (96%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

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

NAICS 56141 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI

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 Accessed 2026-07-06

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