Employment
618,579
Total employees (Census CBP)
Accommodation and Food Services ·NAICS 722310
NAICS 722310 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Food Service Contractors - Industry Benchmarks
$30,148/yr average annual pay, with 504 SBA loans on record for NAICS 722310.
- 6.7%
- Accommodation and Food Services sector margin
- 619K
- Workers employed
- $30,148/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $256M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 722310
Texas leads Food Service Contractors 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)
- 619K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $30,148/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $256M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Food Service Contractors
Food Service Contractors sits inside Accommodation and Food Services, a sector that runs a 6.7% net margin overall.
29,512 establishments employ 618,579 workers (21.0/location) at $30,148/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and New York.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$30,148/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
29,512
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 61,579; establishment count increased by 49. 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)
- $18.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 21.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 54,345 |
| California | 54,119 |
| New York | 49,229 |
| Florida | 37,660 |
| Pennsylvania | 35,267 |
| Illinois | 33,470 |
| Georgia | 22,453 |
| Michigan | 19,355 |
| North Carolina | 18,479 |
| Massachusetts | 17,243 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
504
Total Loan Volume
$256M
Avg Loan Size
$509K
Jobs Supported
6,641
Program Breakdown
7(a) 398 (79%)
504 106 (21%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
34 loans in this industry
New Business Share
23.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 53
2021 65
2022 71
2023 85
2024 108
2025 109
2026 13
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Food Service Contractors?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 722310 level. Texas 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 Food Service Contractors?
29,512 business establishments. Together they employ 618,579 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Food Service Contractors?
$30,148/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 21.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Food Service Contractors employment?
Texas leads with 54,345 workers. California (54,119) and New York (49,229) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Food Service Contractors receive?
Food Service Contractors businesses received 504 SBA loans totaling $256 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $509K. These loans supported 6,641 jobs at origination. Most lending (79%) 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 95% 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 Food Service Contractors
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Accommodation and Food Services
- 29,512 establishments, 618,579 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 504 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 722310 · 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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