Other Services (except Public Administration) ·NAICS 812

NAICS 812 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Personal and Laundry Services - Industry Benchmarks

$33,431/yr average annual pay, with 21,757 SBA loans on record for NAICS 812.

4.8%
Net margin: 1.6M
Workers employed: $33,431/yr
Avg payroll / employee: $8.7B
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 812

Personal and Laundry Services runs a 4.8% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 273K establishments employing 1.6M workers.

4.8%
Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI): 1.6M
Workers employed (Census CBP): $33,431/yr
Avg payroll / employee: $8.7B
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Personal and Laundry Services's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Personal and Laundry Services is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.

Source: IRS SOI 2013 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023

Benchmarking Insights for Personal and Laundry Services

Personal and Laundry Services sits inside Other Services (except Public Administration) at a 4.8% net margin (below the national median), $82.3B in aggregate receipts across 172,183 returns, averaging $478.0M 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.

Personal and Laundry Services sits in the 68th percentile for employment and the 55th percentile for net margin among 3-digit NAICS industries with reported data.

Profit Margin

4.8%

Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)

Total Receipts

$82.3B

Annual revenue (IRS SOI)

Net Income

$3.9B

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.

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Where each dollar of Personal and Laundry Services revenue goes

Receipts decomposition, IRS Statistics of Income 2023 aggregate for Personal and Laundry Services

Workforce scale

Establishment size, Personal and Laundry Services (Census SUSB)

Personal and Laundry Services margin vs national reference points

Personal and Laundry Services net margin 15.9%

Cross-industry median (5%)

p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/7%

Business Structure Breakdown

Per-entity IRS SOI tables at their own vintages, shares only when every row shares one year (never mix 2013/2017/2022 populations).

C Corporation SOI 2013

172,183 returns

Margin: 4.8% · Receipts: $82.3B

Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022

2,881,004 returns

Margin: 25.6% · Receipts: $90.2B

Financial Detail

Total Tax Returns Filed: 172,183
Avg Receipts per Business: $478.0M
Annual Payroll (Total): $52.0B
Avg Employees per Establishment: 5.7

Sub-Industries

Industry	Profit Margin	Employment	Avg Payroll/Emp
Death Care Services NAICS 8122	N/A	140,806	$45,709/yr
Drycleaning and Laundry Services NAICS 8123	N/A	256,702	$37,204/yr
Other Personal Services NAICS 8129	N/A	394,520	$32,181/yr
Personal Care Services NAICS 8121	N/A	764,640	$30,547/yr

Top States by Employment

State	Employment	Establishments	Annual Payroll	Avg Payroll/Emp
California	194,559	33,350	$7.0B	$35,828/yr
Texas	129,080	19,383	$4.5B	$35,205/yr
New York	118,072	25,597	$3.9B	$32,755/yr
Florida	106,422	21,949	$3.4B	$31,801/yr
Pennsylvania	70,893	12,621	$2.1B	$30,291/yr
New Jersey	66,556	11,329	$2.0B	$29,727/yr
Illinois	58,889	10,726	$2.1B	$35,568/yr
Ohio	54,755	8,063	$1.7B	$30,915/yr
Virginia	45,051	7,933	$1.5B	$34,093/yr
Massachusetts	45,049	7,917	$1.6B	$36,029/yr

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA 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

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average revenue for Personal and Laundry Services?

$82.3B in total annual receipts across all Personal and Laundry Services businesses. Average per business: $478.0M.

How profitable is Personal and Laundry Services?

4.8% net profit margin, below the national median.

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.

Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers

Two IRS/Census peer sets for Personal and Laundry Services, both at NAICS level 3 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.

According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Personal and Laundry Services ranks #25 of 77 U.S. industries at the 3-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #34 of 75 at that same detail level.

Similar reported net margin

Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (4.8% here).

Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing 4.8% General Merchandise Stores 4.7% Warehousing and Storage 4.7%

Similar workforce scale

Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (1,556,668 here).

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 1,505,822 Construction of Buildings 1,621,439 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 1,441,471

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 812 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI 2013

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 Accessed 2026-07-06

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