52231

Analysis

NAICS 52231 is the 2022 NAICS industry for mortgage and nonmortgage loan brokers, part of 5223 (Activities Related to Credit Intermediation).

It has only one more detailed code, 522310, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 29% and employment rose 25%. 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.

County Business Patterns counts 9,792 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 54,952 people at an average annual payroll of $89,382 per employee (77th percentile of national industries). 82% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 3 codes at this level within Activities Related to Credit Intermediation, with 37.9% of them.