General Warehousing and Storage · North Carolina
General Warehousing and Storage in North Carolina
NAICS 493110 · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking General Warehousing and Storage in North Carolina
General Warehousing and Storage (NAICS 493110) in North Carolina reports 47,292 workers across 469 establishments, with $2.0B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. State-to-national ratios help identify regional industry concentration; not all comparisons are available in the current dataset. North Carolina accounts for 2.8% of the national General Warehousing and Storage establishment count (469 of 16,753), according to Census County Business Patterns.
Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. Average payroll per employee data is partial for this state-industry combination; use the Compare to National Average panel below for the fields that are reported.
Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for General Warehousing and Storage is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the General Warehousing and Storage national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the North Carolina overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).
Employment
47,292
Establishments
469
Annual Payroll
$2.0B
Avg Payroll/Employee
$42,877/yr
Compare to National Average
Profit Margin (National)
National avg, IRS SOI (no state-level profit data)
Avg Payroll/Employee
North Carolina vs National avg
Employment
North Carolina share of national
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2025
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