Employment
14,188
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 562119
NAICS 562119 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Waste Collection - Industry Benchmarks
522 SBA loans on record, $183M in volume, for NAICS 562119.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 14K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $183M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 562119
California leads Other Waste Collection 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)
- 14K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $183M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Waste Collection
Other Waste Collection sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
1,571 establishments employ 14,188 workers (9.0/location). California leads employment, followed by Georgia and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,571
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 2,828; establishment count increased by 113. 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
- 9.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 1,062 |
| Georgia | 809 |
| Florida | 791 |
| Texas | 721 |
| New York | 619 |
| North Carolina | 425 |
| Ohio | 328 |
| New Jersey | 325 |
| Virginia | 235 |
| Indiana | 184 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
522
Total Loan Volume
$183M
Avg Loan Size
$351K
Jobs Supported
3,353
Program Breakdown
7(a) 489 (94%)
504 33 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
59 loans in this industry
New Business Share
56.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 49
2021 113
2022 87
2023 100
2024 72
2025 89
2026 12
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Waste Collection?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 562119 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 Other Waste Collection?
1,571 business establishments. Together they employ 14,188 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Waste Collection?
Average payroll data for Other Waste Collection is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Other Waste Collection employment?
California leads with 1,062 workers. Georgia (809) and Florida (791) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Waste Collection receive?
Other Waste Collection businesses received 522 SBA loans totaling $183 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $351K. These loans supported 3,353 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) 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 23% 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 Other Waste Collection
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 1,571 establishments, 14,188 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 522 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 562119 · 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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