Profit Margin
3.0%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 5615
NAICS 5615 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services - Industry Benchmarks
$103,578/yr average annual pay, with 440 SBA loans on record for NAICS 5615.
- 3.0%
- Net margin
- 187K
- Workers employed
- $103,578/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $113M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5615
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services runs a 3.0% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 16K establishments employing 187K workers.
- 3.0%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 187K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $103,578/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $113M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management at a 3.0% net margin (below the national median), $48.1B in aggregate receipts across 18,688 returns, averaging $2.6B per establishment.
15,704 establishments employ 186,812 workers (11.9/location) at $103,578/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by New York and Washington.
Total Receipts
$48.1B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$1.5B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
186,812
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$103,578/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
15,704
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 17,067; establishment count increased by 76. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services revenue goes
Workforce scale
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services margin vs national reference points
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services net margin 10.1%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
18,688 returns 100%
Margin: 3.0% · Receipts: $48.1B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 18,688
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $2.6B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $19.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services NAICS 56159 | N/A |
| Tour Operators NAICS 56152 | N/A |
| Travel Agencies NAICS 56151 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 20,131 |
| New York | 9,872 |
| Washington | 8,223 |
| Massachusetts | 6,318 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,542 |
| Minnesota | 5,474 |
| Illinois | 5,438 |
| Georgia | 4,766 |
| Utah | 4,481 |
| Virginia | 3,414 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
440
Total Loan Volume
$113M
Avg Loan Size
$256K
Jobs Supported
2,191
Program Breakdown
7(a) 426 (97%)
504 14 (3%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
60 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 55
2021 32
2022 46
2023 67
2024 102
2025 127
2026 11
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services?
$48.1B in total annual receipts across all Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services businesses. Average per business: $2.6B.
How profitable is Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services?
3.0% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services?
15,704 business establishments. Together they employ 186,812 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services?
$103,578/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 11.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services employment?
Florida leads with 20,131 workers. New York (9,872) and Washington (8,223) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services receive?
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services businesses received 440 SBA loans totaling $113 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $256K. These loans supported 2,191 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: Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services reports a higher net margin than 26% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 49% 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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services
- Net margin: 3.0% vs sector. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 15,704 establishments, 186,812 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 440 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 5615 · 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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