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Size of the US Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities industry

NAICS 52232, Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)
$137 billion
2022 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Employment
123,989
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
9,711
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership
Firms
3,551
2022 · Economic Census
Annual payroll
$23.6 billion
2023 · County Business Patterns

Over time

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 123,989 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 129,8692019-Q2: 129,1412019-Q3: 128,0102019-Q4: 126,8972020-Q1: 126,0652020-Q2: 123,7482020-Q3: 123,8302020-Q4: 124,9682021-Q1: 125,2112021-Q2: 126,3692021-Q3: 127,1542021-Q4: 130,1212022-Q1: 131,9672022-Q2: 134,4772022-Q3: 135,6962022-Q4: 136,6502023-Q1: 132,8042023-Q2: 131,2192023-Q3: 130,1082023-Q4: 129,2502024-Q1: 128,9642024-Q2: 127,3332024-Q3: 126,3972024-Q4: 126,6852025-Q1: 127,3832025-Q2: 127,1592025-Q3: 126,5472025-Q4: 127,3122026-Q1: 123,989NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1123,9892022
2025-Q4127,3122022
2025-Q3126,5472022
2025-Q2127,1592022
2025-Q1127,3832022
2024-Q4126,6852022
2024-Q3126,3972022
2024-Q2127,3332022
2024-Q1128,9642022
2023-Q4129,2502022
2023-Q3130,1082022
2023-Q2131,2192022
2023-Q1132,8042022
2022-Q4136,6502022
2022-Q3135,6962022
2022-Q2134,4772022
2022-Q1131,9672022
2021-Q4130,1212017
2021-Q3127,1542017
2021-Q2126,3692017
2021-Q1125,2112017
2020-Q4124,9682017
2020-Q3123,8302017
2020-Q2123,7482017
2020-Q1126,0652017
2019-Q4126,8972017
2019-Q3128,0102017
2019-Q2129,1412017
2019-Q1129,8692017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Employment · County Business PatternsLatest 177,887 · 2023
2017: 154,0142018: 157,7582019: 173,8362020: 178,8082021: 169,8242022: 173,8942023: 177,887
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PeriodValue
2023177,887
2022173,894
2021169,824
2020178,808
2019173,836
2018157,758
2017154,014

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns · Paid employees in the pay period including March 12

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 9,711 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 6,5082019-Q2: 6,5132019-Q3: 6,5932019-Q4: 6,6702020-Q1: 6,7432020-Q2: 6,7952020-Q3: 7,0012020-Q4: 7,2142021-Q1: 7,2742021-Q2: 7,4812021-Q3: 7,7862021-Q4: 8,0532022-Q1: 8,3802022-Q2: 8,5632022-Q3: 8,8082022-Q4: 8,9952023-Q1: 9,1202023-Q2: 9,2362023-Q3: 9,3672023-Q4: 9,4012024-Q1: 9,4932024-Q2: 9,5802024-Q3: 9,6462024-Q4: 9,6462025-Q1: 9,5342025-Q2: 9,5912025-Q3: 9,6742025-Q4: 9,6322026-Q1: 9,711NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q19,7112022
2025-Q49,6322022
2025-Q39,6742022
2025-Q29,5912022
2025-Q19,5342022
2024-Q49,6462022
2024-Q39,6462022
2024-Q29,5802022
2024-Q19,4932022
2023-Q49,4012022
2023-Q39,3672022
2023-Q29,2362022
2023-Q19,1202022
2022-Q48,9952022
2022-Q38,8082022
2022-Q28,5632022
2022-Q18,3802022
2021-Q48,0532017
2021-Q37,7862017
2021-Q27,4812017
2021-Q17,2742017
2020-Q47,2142017
2020-Q37,0012017
2020-Q26,7952017
2020-Q16,7432017
2019-Q46,6702017
2019-Q36,5932017
2019-Q26,5132017
2019-Q16,5082017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Establishments · County Business PatternsLatest 4,711 · 2023
2017: 4,3742018: 4,5082019: 5,2232020: 5,4072021: 5,1722022: 5,0352023: 4,711
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PeriodValue
20234,711
20225,035
20215,172
20205,407
20195,223
20184,508
20174,374

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $7.0 billion · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $5.2 billion2019-Q2: $3.6 billion2019-Q3: $3.5 billion2019-Q4: $3.8 billion2020-Q1: $5.5 billion2020-Q2: $3.4 billion2020-Q3: $3.9 billion2020-Q4: $4.4 billion2021-Q1: $6.7 billion2021-Q2: $6.9 billion2021-Q3: $5.9 billion2021-Q4: $5.7 billion2022-Q1: $5.9 billion2022-Q2: $4.3 billion2022-Q3: $4.5 billion2022-Q4: $4.7 billion2023-Q1: $8.4 billion2023-Q2: $5.6 billion2023-Q3: $4.2 billion2023-Q4: $5.1 billion2024-Q1: $6.4 billion2024-Q2: $4.7 billion2024-Q3: $4.3 billion2024-Q4: $4.9 billion2025-Q1: $6.9 billion2025-Q2: $4.7 billion2025-Q3: $4.6 billion2025-Q4: $5.3 billion2026-Q1: $7.0 billionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$7.0 billion2022
2025-Q4$5.3 billion2022
2025-Q3$4.6 billion2022
2025-Q2$4.7 billion2022
2025-Q1$6.9 billion2022
2024-Q4$4.9 billion2022
2024-Q3$4.3 billion2022
2024-Q2$4.7 billion2022
2024-Q1$6.4 billion2022
2023-Q4$5.1 billion2022
2023-Q3$4.2 billion2022
2023-Q2$5.6 billion2022
2023-Q1$8.4 billion2022
2022-Q4$4.7 billion2022
2022-Q3$4.5 billion2022
2022-Q2$4.3 billion2022
2022-Q1$5.9 billion2022
2021-Q4$5.7 billion2017
2021-Q3$5.9 billion2017
2021-Q2$6.9 billion2017
2021-Q1$6.7 billion2017
2020-Q4$4.4 billion2017
2020-Q3$3.9 billion2017
2020-Q2$3.4 billion2017
2020-Q1$5.5 billion2017
2019-Q4$3.8 billion2017
2019-Q3$3.5 billion2017
2019-Q2$3.6 billion2017
2019-Q1$5.2 billion2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Annual payroll · County Business PatternsLatest $23.6 billion · 2023
2017: $15.1 billion2018: $17.2 billion2019: $20.8 billion2020: $22.6 billion2021: $27.0 billion2022: $23.7 billion2023: $23.6 billion
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PeriodValue
2023$23.6 billion
2022$23.7 billion
2021$27.0 billion
2020$22.6 billion
2019$20.8 billion
2018$17.2 billion
2017$15.1 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages123,9892026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages9,7112026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$7.0 billion2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Annual payrollCounty Business Patterns$23.6 billion20232017–2023 · 7 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12County Business Patterns177,88720232017–2023 · 7 published
EstablishmentsCounty Business Patterns4,71120232017–2023 · 7 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$23.2 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census198,47820222017–2022 · 2 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census4,87920222017–2022 · 2 published
FirmsEconomic Census3,55120222017–2022 · 2 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$137 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published

Breakdown

Industries within Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities

NAICSIndustrySizeEmployment
522320Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities$137 billionReceipts · 2022 · Economic Census123,9892026-Q1 · QCEW

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.