Analysis
NAICS 52232 is the 2022 NAICS industry for financial transactions processing, reserve, and clearinghouse activities, part of 5223 (Activities Related to Credit Intermediation).
It has only one more detailed code, 522320, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 4,711 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 177,887 people at an average annual payroll of $132,587 per employee (95th percentile of national industries). 67% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Activities Related to Credit Intermediation, with 18.3% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 5% and employment rose 13%. 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.
Official definition
See industry description for 522320.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.