Payment Processing Company Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a payment processing company, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Payment Processing Company name ideas
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a payment processing company is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a payment processing company usually falls under NAICS 522320: Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing one or more of the following: (1) financial transaction processing (except central bank); (2) reserve and liquidity services (except central bank); and/or (3) check or other financial instrument clearinghouse services (except central bank).
Businesses classified here include
- Automated clearinghouses, bank or check (except central bank)
- Automated Teller Machine (ATM) or Automated Loan Machine (ALM) network operation
- Bank clearinghouse associations
- Central reserve financial institutions (except central bank)
- Check clearing services (except central banks)
- Check clearinghouse services (except central banks)
- Check validation services
- Clearinghouses, bank or check
- Credit card processing services
- Electronic financial payment services
- Electronic funds transfer services
- Financial transactions processing (except central bank)
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 522320), U.S. Census Bureau.
Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities in the U.S. by the numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
States with the most financial transactions processing, reserve, and clearinghouse activities locations
- California 722 locations
- New York 513 locations
- Florida 463 locations
- Texas 397 locations
- Georgia 212 locations
- Illinois 170 locations
- New Jersey 147 locations
- Pennsylvania 138 locations
- Colorado 135 locations
- Arizona 129 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.