Profit Margin
15.6%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Other Services (except Public Administration) ·NAICS 812
NAICS 812 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Personal and Laundry Services - Industry Benchmarks
$33,431/yr average annual pay, with 21,757 SBA loans on record for NAICS 812.
- 15.6%
- Net margin
- 1.6M
- Workers employed
- $33,431/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $8.7B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 812
Personal and Laundry Services runs a 15.6% pre-tax net margin - above average for US industries - across 273K establishments employing 1.6M workers.
- 15.6%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 1.6M
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $33,431/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $8.7B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Personal and Laundry Services
Personal and Laundry Services sits inside Other Services (except Public Administration) at a 15.6% net margin (above average for US industries), $172.5B in aggregate receipts across 3,053,187 returns, averaging $56.5M per establishment.
272,787 establishments employ 1,556,668 workers (5.7/location) at $33,431/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and New York.
Total Receipts
$172.5B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$27.0B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
1,556,668
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$33,431/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
272,787
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 61,494; establishment count increased by 6,822. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Personal and Laundry Services revenue goes
Workforce scale
Personal and Laundry Services margin vs national reference points
Personal and Laundry Services net margin 52.1%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
172,183 returns 6%
Margin: 4.8% · Receipts: $82.3B
Sole Proprietorship
2,881,004 returns 94%
Margin: 25.6% · Receipts: $90.2B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 3,053,187
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $56.5M
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $52.0B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 5.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Death Care Services NAICS 8122 | N/A |
| Drycleaning and Laundry Services NAICS 8123 | N/A |
| Other Personal Services NAICS 8129 | N/A |
| Personal Care Services NAICS 8121 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 194,559 |
| Texas | 129,080 |
| New York | 118,072 |
| Florida | 106,422 |
| Pennsylvania | 70,893 |
| New Jersey | 66,556 |
| Illinois | 58,889 |
| Ohio | 54,755 |
| Virginia | 45,051 |
| Massachusetts | 45,049 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
21,757
Total Loan Volume
$8.7B
Avg Loan Size
$399K
Jobs Supported
195,587
Program Breakdown
7(a) 19,879 (91%)
504 1,878 (9%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
2,505 loans in this industry
New Business Share
39.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 2,345
2021 2,545
2022 2,893
2023 3,565
2024 4,484
2025 5,246
2026 679
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Personal and Laundry Services?
$172.5B in total annual receipts across all Personal and Laundry Services businesses. Average per business: $56.5M.
How profitable is Personal and Laundry Services?
15.6% net profit margin, above average for US industries.
How many businesses are in Personal and Laundry Services?
272,787 business establishments. Together they employ 1,556,668 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Personal and Laundry Services?
$33,431/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 5.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Personal and Laundry Services employment?
California leads with 194,559 workers. Texas (129,080) and New York (118,072) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Personal and Laundry Services receive?
Personal and Laundry Services businesses received 21,757 SBA loans totaling $8.7 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $399K. These loans supported 195,587 jobs at origination. Most lending (91%) 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: Personal and Laundry Services reports a higher net margin than 91% of the 79 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 68% of that same 77-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
- Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 1,505,822
- Construction of Buildings 1,621,439
- Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 1,441,471
Benchmarking Personal and Laundry Services
- Net margin: 15.6% vs sector. Browse Other Services (except Public Administration)
- 272,787 establishments, 1,556,668 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 21,757 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 812 · 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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