Industry Rankings

Top 25 industries ranked by key financial and employment metrics. Data from US Census Bureau business statistics and BLS, benchmarking firms across all 50 states; see our methodology. No jargon.

Net income ÷ total receipts · IRS Statistics of Income

# Industry Profit Margin
1 Finance and Insurance

NAICS 525 · Finance and Insurance

2 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

NAICS 531 · Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

3 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

NAICS 533 · Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

4 Finance and Insurance

NAICS 522 · Finance and Insurance

5 Health Care and Social Assistance

NAICS 623 · Health Care and Social Assistance

6 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

NAICS 711 · Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

7 Other Services (except Public Administration)

NAICS 812 · Other Services (except Public Administration)

8 Transportation and Warehousing

NAICS 492 · Transportation and Warehousing

9 Manufacturing

NAICS 312 · Manufacturing

10 Finance and Insurance

NAICS 523 · Finance and Insurance

11 Wholesale Trade

NAICS 425 · Wholesale Trade

12 Health Care and Social Assistance

NAICS 621 · Health Care and Social Assistance

13 Transportation and Warehousing

NAICS 486 · Transportation and Warehousing

14 Information

NAICS 515 · Information

15 Health Care and Social Assistance

NAICS 624 · Health Care and Social Assistance

16 Manufacturing

NAICS 334 · Manufacturing

17 Manufacturing

NAICS 325 · Manufacturing

18 Information

NAICS 511 · Information

19 Information

NAICS 512 · Information

20 Administrative and Support and Waste Management

NAICS 561 · Administrative and Support and Waste Management

21 Manufacturing

NAICS 335 · Manufacturing

22 Manufacturing

NAICS 333 · Manufacturing

23 Construction

NAICS 238 · Construction

24 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

NAICS 213 · Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

25 Information

NAICS 517 · Information

Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 · SBA lending data →