Employment
16,361
Total employees (Census CBP)
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation ·NAICS 711219
NAICS 711219 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Spectator Sports - Industry Benchmarks
$73,423/yr average annual pay, with 89 SBA loans on record for NAICS 711219.
- 11.0%
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector margin
- 16K
- Workers employed
- $73,423/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $23M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 711219
North Carolina leads Other Spectator Sports 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)
- 16K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $73,423/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $23M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Spectator Sports
Other Spectator Sports sits inside Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, a sector that runs a 11.0% net margin overall.
3,124 establishments employ 16,361 workers (5.2/location) at $73,423/yr average annual pay. North Carolina leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$73,423/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
3,124
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 59; establishment count increased by 24. 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)
- $1.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 5.2
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,678 |
| California | 2,091 |
| Florida | 1,947 |
| Kentucky | 1,300 |
| New York | 1,148 |
| Indiana | 1,028 |
| Maryland | 715 |
| Texas | 523 |
| New Jersey | 376 |
| Ohio | 280 |
Showing top 10 of 47 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
89
Total Loan Volume
$23M
Avg Loan Size
$257K
Jobs Supported
585
Program Breakdown
7(a) 86 (97%)
504 3 (3%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
21 loans in this industry
New Business Share
48.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 10
2021 13
2022 22
2023 14
2024 14
2025 15
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Spectator Sports?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 711219 level. North Carolina 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 Other Spectator Sports?
3,124 business establishments. Together they employ 16,361 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Spectator Sports?
$73,423/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 5.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Spectator Sports employment?
North Carolina leads with 3,678 workers. California (2,091) and Florida (1,947) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Spectator Sports receive?
Other Spectator Sports businesses received 89 SBA loans totaling $23 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $257K. These loans supported 585 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: Its Census employment total exceeds 25% 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 Spectator Sports
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- 3,124 establishments, 16,361 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 89 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 711219 · 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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