Employment
82,899
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 561510
NAICS 561510 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Travel Agencies - Industry Benchmarks
219 SBA loans on record, $43M in volume, for NAICS 561510.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 83K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $43M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 561510
California leads Travel Agencies 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)
- 83K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $43M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Travel Agencies
Travel Agencies sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
9,308 establishments employ 82,899 workers (8.9/location). California leads employment, followed by Florida and Washington.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
9,308
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 5,267; establishment count decreased by 74. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.9
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 8,064 |
| Florida | 7,996 |
| Washington | 6,323 |
| Minnesota | 4,201 |
| Illinois | 3,110 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,028 |
| New Jersey | 1,883 |
| Georgia | 1,587 |
| Ohio | 1,467 |
| Colorado | 1,114 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
219
Total Loan Volume
$43M
Avg Loan Size
$195K
Jobs Supported
799
Program Breakdown
7(a) 214 (98%)
504 5 (2%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
41 loans in this industry
New Business Share
25.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 27
2021 15
2022 17
2023 30
2024 53
2025 71
2026 6
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Travel Agencies?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 561510 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 Travel Agencies?
9,308 business establishments. Together they employ 82,899 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Travel Agencies?
Average payroll data for Travel Agencies is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Travel Agencies employment?
California leads with 8,064 workers. Florida (7,996) and Washington (6,323) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Travel Agencies receive?
Travel Agencies businesses received 219 SBA loans totaling $43 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $195K. These loans supported 799 jobs at origination. Most lending (98%) 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 68% of that same 801-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 Travel Agencies
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 9,308 establishments, 82,899 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 219 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 561510 · 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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