Analysis
NAICS 52391 is the 2022 NAICS industry for miscellaneous intermediation, part of 5239 (Other Financial Investment Activities).
It has only one more detailed code, 523910, 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 53% and employment rose 28%. 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 12,892 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 60,341 people at an average annual payroll of $247,044 per employee (100th 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 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Other Financial Investment Activities, with 14.9% of them.
Official definition
See industry description for 523910.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.