Employment
65,081
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 56143
NAICS 56143 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Business Service Centers - Industry Benchmarks
$39,976/yr average annual pay, with 1,092 SBA loans on record for NAICS 56143.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 65K
- Workers employed
- $39,976/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $391M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 56143
California leads Business Service Centers 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)
- 65K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $39,976/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $391M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Business Service Centers
Business Service Centers sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
9,878 establishments employ 65,081 workers (6.6/location) at $39,976/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and New York.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$39,976/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
9,878
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 8,375; establishment count decreased by 672. 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)
- $2.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 6.6
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops) NAICS 561439 | N/A |
| Private Mail Centers NAICS 561431 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 10,028 |
| Florida | 5,393 |
| New York | 4,268 |
| Georgia | 3,142 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,039 |
| Arizona | 1,989 |
| Ohio | 1,705 |
| North Carolina | 1,645 |
| Virginia | 1,477 |
| Tennessee | 1,282 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,092
Total Loan Volume
$391M
Avg Loan Size
$358K
Jobs Supported
7,023
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,079 (99%)
504 13 (1%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
173 loans in this industry
New Business Share
51.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 63
2021 144
2022 163
2023 218
2024 203
2025 259
2026 42
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Business Service Centers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 56143 level. California 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 Service Centers?
9,878 business establishments. Together they employ 65,081 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Business Service Centers?
$39,976/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 6.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Business Service Centers employment?
California leads with 10,028 workers. Florida (5,393) and New York (4,268) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Business Service Centers receive?
Business Service Centers businesses received 1,092 SBA loans totaling $391 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $358K. These loans supported 7,023 jobs at origination. Most lending (99%) 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 46% of that same 551-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.
- Periodical Publishers 64,983
- Book Publishers 65,282
- Animal Food Manufacturing 64,800
Benchmarking Business Service Centers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 9,878 establishments, 65,081 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,092 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 56143 · 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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