Employment
72,363
Total employees (Census CBP)
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation ·NAICS 71312
NAICS 71312 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Amusement Arcades - Industry Benchmarks
$24,458/yr average annual pay, with 384 SBA loans on record for NAICS 71312.
- 11.0%
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector margin
- 72K
- Workers employed
- $24,458/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $230M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 71312
Texas leads Amusement Arcades 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)
- 72K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $24,458/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $230M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Amusement Arcades
Amusement Arcades sits inside Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, a sector that runs a 11.0% net margin overall.
3,630 establishments employ 72,363 workers (19.9/location) at $24,458/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by Florida and Georgia.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$24,458/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
3,630
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 10,911; establishment count increased by 238. 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)
- $1.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 19.9
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Amusement Arcades NAICS 713120 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 10,478 |
| Florida | 5,775 |
| Georgia | 3,754 |
| Ohio | 2,864 |
| Illinois | 2,737 |
| North Carolina | 2,456 |
| Tennessee | 2,251 |
| New Jersey | 2,100 |
| Colorado | 1,945 |
| Arizona | 1,939 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
384
Total Loan Volume
$230M
Avg Loan Size
$599K
Jobs Supported
5,796
Program Breakdown
7(a) 371 (97%)
504 13 (3%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
42 loans in this industry
New Business Share
66.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 32
2021 37
2022 51
2023 70
2024 74
2025 99
2026 21
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Amusement Arcades?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 71312 level. Texas 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 Amusement Arcades?
3,630 business establishments. Together they employ 72,363 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Amusement Arcades?
$24,458/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 19.9 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Amusement Arcades employment?
Texas leads with 10,478 workers. Florida (5,775) and Georgia (3,754) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Amusement Arcades receive?
Amusement Arcades businesses received 384 SBA loans totaling $230 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $599K. These loans supported 5,796 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 49% of that same 551-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 Amusement Arcades
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- 3,630 establishments, 72,363 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 384 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 71312 · 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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