Employment
11,933
Total employees (Census CBP)
Accommodation and Food Services ·NAICS 721191
NAICS 721191 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns - Industry Benchmarks
$29,854/yr average annual pay, with 417 SBA loans on record for NAICS 721191.
- 6.7%
- Accommodation and Food Services sector margin
- 12K
- Workers employed
- $29,854/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $388M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 721191
California leads Bed-and-Breakfast Inns activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Accommodation and Food Services sector runs a 6.7% net margin.
- 6.7%
- Accommodation and Food Services sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 12K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $29,854/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $388M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns sits inside Accommodation and Food Services, a sector that runs a 6.7% net margin overall.
2,304 establishments employ 11,933 workers (5.2/location) at $29,854/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Pennsylvania and Vermont.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$29,854/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
2,304
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 208; establishment count decreased by 160. 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)
- $356.2M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 5.2
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 1,069 |
| Pennsylvania | 783 |
| Vermont | 740 |
| Virginia | 613 |
| New York | 595 |
| Florida | 529 |
| Georgia | 377 |
| North Carolina | 337 |
| Connecticut | 288 |
| Michigan | 267 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
417
Total Loan Volume
$388M
Avg Loan Size
$930K
Jobs Supported
2,547
Program Breakdown
7(a) 236 (57%)
504 181 (43%)
Top SBA Lender
Granite State Economic Develop
57 loans in this industry
New Business Share
50.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 76
2021 93
2022 87
2023 63
2024 42
2025 51
2026 5
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Bed-and-Breakfast Inns?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 721191 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Accommodation and Food Services sector runs a 6.7% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Bed-and-Breakfast Inns?
2,304 business establishments. Together they employ 11,933 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Bed-and-Breakfast Inns?
$29,854/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 5.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Bed-and-Breakfast Inns employment?
California leads with 1,069 workers. Pennsylvania (783) and Vermont (740) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Bed-and-Breakfast Inns receive?
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns businesses received 417 SBA loans totaling $388 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $930K. These loans supported 2,547 jobs at origination. Most lending (57%) 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 19% 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 Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Accommodation and Food Services
- 2,304 establishments, 11,933 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 417 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 721191 · 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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