23891

Analysis

NAICS 23891 is the 2022 NAICS industry for site preparation contractors, part of 2389 (Other Specialty Trade Contractors).

It has only one more detailed code, 238910, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 41,777 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 472,783 people at an average annual payroll of $77,142 per employee (65th percentile of national industries). 61% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 13% and employment rose 19%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.

By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Other Specialty Trade Contractors, with 49.4% of them.