Analysis
NAICS 53132 is the 2022 NAICS industry for offices of real estate appraisers, part of 5313 (Activities Related to Real Estate).
It has only one more detailed code, 531320, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Activities Related to Real Estate, with 10.8% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 12,346 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 31,930 people at an average annual payroll of $63,928 per employee (41st percentile of national industries). 91% 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 6% and employment fell 10%. 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 531320.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.