Analysis
NAICS 52239 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other activities related to credit intermediation, part of 5223 (Activities Related to Credit Intermediation).
It has only one more detailed code, 522390, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 26% and employment fell 21%. 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 11,300 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 77,752 people at an average annual payroll of $87,201 per employee (75th percentile of national industries). 81% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Activities Related to Credit Intermediation, with 43.8% of them.
Official definition
See industry description for 522390.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.