Analysis
NAICS 53249 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing, part of 5324 (Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing).
It has only one more detailed code, 532490, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 10,248 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 132,302 people at an average annual payroll of $74,379 per employee (61st percentile of national industries). 41% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing, with 60% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 6% and employment rose 14%. 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 532490.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.