Employment
11,341
Total employees (Census CBP)
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation ·NAICS 711120
NAICS 711120 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Dance Companies - Industry Benchmarks
$34,565/yr average annual pay, with 227 SBA loans on record for NAICS 711120.
- 11.0%
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector margin
- 11K
- Workers employed
- $34,565/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $92M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 711120
New York leads Dance Companies activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector runs a 11.0% net margin.
- 11.0%
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 11K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $34,565/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $92M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Dance Companies
Dance Companies sits inside Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, a sector that runs a 11.0% net margin overall.
872 establishments employ 11,341 workers (13.0/location) at $34,565/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$34,565/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
872
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 79; establishment count increased by 23. 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)
- $392.0M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 13.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 1,755 |
| California | 1,461 |
| Florida | 728 |
| Pennsylvania | 611 |
| Virginia | 269 |
| Maryland | 178 |
| Utah | 165 |
| Michigan | 162 |
| District of Columbia | 155 |
| New Jersey | 141 |
Showing top 10 of 43 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
227
Total Loan Volume
$92M
Avg Loan Size
$403K
Jobs Supported
1,822
Program Breakdown
7(a) 194 (85%)
504 33 (15%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
16 loans in this industry
New Business Share
29.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 11
2021 20
2022 34
2023 41
2024 55
2025 60
2026 6
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Dance Companies?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 711120 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector runs a 11.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Dance Companies?
872 business establishments. Together they employ 11,341 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Dance Companies?
$34,565/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 13.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Dance Companies employment?
New York leads with 1,755 workers. California (1,461) and Florida (728) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Dance Companies receive?
Dance Companies businesses received 227 SBA loans totaling $92 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $403K. These loans supported 1,822 jobs at origination. Most lending (85%) 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 18% 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 Dance Companies
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- 872 establishments, 11,341 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 227 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 711120 · Data year: 2023
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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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