Industry · NAICS 493

Warehousing and storage

The United States has 21,521 employer establishments in warehousing and storage (0.6 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,648,638 people at an average annual pay of $51,510, plus 30,826 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
21,521
30,826 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
0.6
Paid employees
1,648,638
Average annual pay
$51,510

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Warehousing and storage by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Killeen-Temple, TX502,497683,7500.10.19×1,109$47,92224
2Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL723,7791072,3780.10.22×757$68,67959
3Naples-Marco Island, FL411,435668,5730.10.23×48$61,41759
4Boulder, CO327,945565,5890.20.24×219$36,65318
5Longview, TX294,161558,8320.20.27×1,109$33,4634
6College Station-Bryan, TX283,278556,6560.20.28×1,562$48,02013
7Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA442,878855,3600.20.28×208$36,32710
8Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL646,0151253,8350.20.29×1,221$48,47832
9Merced, CA294,319649,0530.20.32×850$37,5358
10Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT280,776646,7960.20.33×471$56,6079
11San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,958,6444246,6340.20.34×925$50,36592
12Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV6,328,73014045,2050.20.35×8,681$51,257628
13Port St. Lucie, FL541,8161245,1510.20.35×1,325$52,73062
14Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL306,296743,7570.20.36×62$26,41918
15Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL218,454543,6910.20.36×71$38,52117
16Clarksville, TN-KY340,083842,5100.20.37×1,255$43,82113
17Chico, CA207,286541,4570.20.38×32$44,0314
18Springfield, IL205,971541,1940.20.38×46$85,1306
19Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL532,4601340,9580.20.38×230$48,86527
20San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA282,225740,3180.20.39×101$65,08913
21Waco, TX305,076838,1350.30.41×1,649$36,6888
22Corpus Christi, TX448,6261237,3860.30.42×214$98,33636
23Bend, OR261,120737,3030.30.42×34$48,2068
24Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ223,586637,2640.30.42×19$72,8424
25Yuba City, CA184,402536,8800.30.42×39$77,9238

1–25 of 325 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $1.4B on contracts under NAICS 493 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (79,652 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$220.9M16%
    27 awards
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$184.9M13%
    21,016 awards
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$90.6M6.4%
    642 awards
  4. Jacksonville, FL$77.1M5.4%
    13 awards
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$75.9M5.3%
    65 awards
  6. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$74M5.2%
    6 awards
  7. Tulsa, OK$56.1M3.9%
    4 awards
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$45.4M3.2%
    47 awards
  9. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$38.3M2.7%
    7 awards
  10. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$37.7M2.7%
    24 awards

Counties

  1. Fulton County, GA$208.1M15%
    8 awards
  2. Essex County, NJ$182.4M13%
    21,007 awards
  3. Duval County, FL$77.1M5.4%
    12 awards
  4. Denver County, CO$72.2M5.1%
    1 award
  5. Rockingham County, NH$60.8M4.3%
    24 awards
  6. Tulsa County, OK$56.1M3.9%
    4 awards
  7. Harris County, TX$45.4M3.2%
    47 awards
  8. District of Columbia, DC$38.5M2.7%
    54 awards
  9. Riverside County, CA$37.6M2.6%
    3 awards
  10. Honolulu County, HI$31.2M2.2%
    7,643 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Atlanta city, GA$162.2M11%
    2 awards
  2. Jacksonville city, FL$77.1M5.4%
    12 awards
  3. Denver city, CO$72.2M5.1%
    1 award
  4. Portsmouth city, NH$40M2.8%
    24 awards
  5. Washington city, DC$38.5M2.7%
    54 awards
  6. Riverside city, CA$36M2.5%
    1 award
  7. Salt Lake City city, UT$24.3M1.7%
    2 awards
  8. Havelock city, NC$24.2M1.7%
    6 awards
  9. Philadelphia city, PA$21M1.5%
    5 awards
  10. Houston city, TX$20.5M1.4%
    44 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)