Gasoline Stations in Montana — margin & local benchmarks
The gasoline stations industry's national net profit margin is 2.0% (national, owner-operator basis — no state-level margin exists in any public source). In Montana, there are 489 gasoline stations establishments.
2.0%net profit margin · owner-operator basis
Owner-operator basis (IRS SOI sole proprietorships, TY2023): net income less deficit ÷ business receipts, at NAICS 447 (Gasoline Stations). Sole-proprietor labor is not expensed, so this overstates corporate-style profit. Profit margin is published only nationally (IRS SOI);
this site never adjusts it to look local — see methodology.
Gasoline Stations in Montana
Local counts from Census County Business Patterns (2023) and BLS QCEW. Establishment counts survive disclosure suppression; payroll/wage cells may be withheld and are then shown as insufficient data.
| Metric | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Establishments in Montana | 489 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Employment in Montana | 6,321 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Annual payroll in Montana | $183,132,000 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Average weekly wage in Montana | Insufficient data |
Business survival rates by firm age are published by Census BDS at the national level only (not by state or industry jointly) — so no local survival figure is shown here, rather than a misleading one.
Metro-level counts, multi-year trends, and geography-to-geography comparison are available to subscribers. This page shows the current national margin plus current Montana counts.
Frequently asked
How many gasoline stations businesses are in Montana?
489 establishments (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
What profit margin do gasoline stations businesses make?
About 2.0% net margin nationally (owner-operator basis, IRS SOI) — no state-level margin is published.
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