NAICS 541214 · Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Payroll Services: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 5,480 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments (except offices of CPAs) engaged in the following without also providing accounting, bookkeeping, or billing services: (1) collecting information on hours worked, pay rates, deductions, and other payroll-related data from their clients and (2) using that information to generate paychecks, payroll reports, and tax filings. These establishments may use data processing and tabulating techniques as part of providing their services.
Businesses classified here include
- Payroll processing services
- Talent payment services
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 541214), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for payroll services
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
U.S. business 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.
Top states for payroll services
- California 631 locations
- Florida 514 locations
- Texas 457 locations
- New York 416 locations
- Ohio 198 locations
- New Jersey 196 locations
- Michigan 190 locations
- Pennsylvania 190 locations
- Georgia 177 locations
- Illinois 177 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (56)
- Alaska (12)
- Arizona (145)
- Arkansas (30)
- California (631)
- Colorado (105)
- Connecticut (53)
- Delaware (27)
- District of Columbia (16)
- Florida (514)
- Georgia (177)
- Hawaii (18)
- Idaho (35)
- Illinois (177)
- Indiana (89)
- Iowa (31)
- Kansas (35)
- Kentucky (59)
- Louisiana (80)
- Maine (32)
- Maryland (97)
- Massachusetts (106)
- Michigan (190)
- Minnesota (70)
- Mississippi (44)
- Missouri (75)
- Montana (30)
- Nebraska (27)
- Nevada (47)
- New Hampshire (29)
- New Jersey (196)
- New Mexico (21)
- New York (416)
- North Carolina (127)
- North Dakota (11)
- Ohio (198)
- Oklahoma (86)
- Oregon (75)
- Pennsylvania (190)
- Rhode Island (27)
- South Carolina (84)
- South Dakota (15)
- Tennessee (98)
- Texas (457)
- Utah (112)
- Vermont (11)
- Virginia (129)
- Washington (95)
- West Virginia (22)
- Wisconsin (65)
- Wyoming (8)