52221

Analysis

NAICS 52221 is the 2022 NAICS industry for credit card issuing, part of 5222 (Nondepository Credit Intermediation).

It has only one more detailed code, 522210, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 615 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 75,504 people at an average annual payroll of $144,598 per employee (96th percentile of national industries). 28% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Nondepository Credit Intermediation, with 1.5% of them.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 5% and employment fell 6%. 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.