Analysis
NAICS 52222 is the 2022 NAICS industry for sales financing, part of 5222 (Nondepository Credit Intermediation).
It has only one more detailed code, 522220, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 3,353 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 82,691 people at an average annual payroll of $115,056 per employee (90th percentile of national industries). 63% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 15% and employment fell 7%. 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 3 codes at this level within Nondepository Credit Intermediation, with 7.9% of them.
Official definition
See industry description for 522220.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.