Stone Countertop and Monument Fabricator Revenue Benchmark

Average Stone Countertop Fabricator Revenue per Year 2022 Economic Census

The 2022 Economic Census counts every cut stone and stone product manufacturer with paid employees, from a countertop fabrication shop to a monument maker, and publishes their combined annual receipts. Dividing that total by the number of shops gives the average annual revenue per employer establishment shown below.

≈$3,463,000 /year

Average annual gross revenue per employer establishment

How this is calculated: about $8 billion in combined annual receipts divided by 2,300 employer establishments works out to an average annual revenue of $3,463,000 per employer establishment.

Scope: Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing, NAICS 327991. The Census category is Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing, which counts shops cutting and finishing granite, marble and other stone into countertops, monuments and other stone products. Quarries and wood countertop makers are counted in separate categories. Classified separately in group 3279: 327910 Abrasive Product Manufacturing; 327992 Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing; 327993 Mineral Wool Manufacturing, and 1 further code. Nothing outside that code is counted on this page.

Source US Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census, Summary Statistics (ECNBASIC): ESTAB, RCPTOT and PAYANN by NAICS · Vintage 2022 Economic Census · Calculation BusinessNES · Accessed September 2026

Payroll as a Share of Revenue Official data

Payroll divided by receipts, both as published for the same year.

Payroll share of receipts, Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing, United States, 2022 Economic Census.

Approximately 26.0 percent of every revenue dollar goes to annual payroll, a modest share because slabs and consumables carry a large part of every job while fabricators, templaters and installers supply the rest.

Payroll here excludes benefits, employer taxes and owner compensation, and it excludes slabs, blades, adhesives, sealers and the trucks and cranes that move stone, which together carry much of the cost of a countertop.

Business Scale and Ownership Structure Official data

How large the average establishment is, and whether the population is independent operators or multi-site companies.

Scale and ownership, Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing, United States, 2022 Economic Census.

The average establishment employed about 17.0 people, and the industry averaged 1.0 employer establishments per firm, which confirms that multi-establishment ownership exists in the published population without showing how establishments are distributed across firms. As an illustration, that headcount could be saw and polisher operators, templaters and an installation team.

These are arithmetic industry averages. They state the size of the average establishment and show that multi-establishment ownership exists. They do not show the distribution of business sizes and they do not measure market concentration.

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Data Source Notice

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures above are from the 2022 Economic Census reference year, released by the Census Bureau in 2024 and 2025; markets have moved since.

Questions Worth Asking BusinessNES analysis

Stone Countertop and Monument Fabricator: what slabs, breakage and templating do to a shop's revenue.

Before you rely on this benchmark

• Countertops or monuments? Kitchen and bath countertops follow the remodeling cycle and homeowner taste, while cemetery monuments follow a steadier demand with different customers and margins. Both sit in this category, and a shop's mix decides its year.
• How much stone is wasted? Cutting slabs into countertops leaves offcuts and the occasional broken piece, and quartz and exotic stone are expensive to lose. Yield per slab is a central number the average does not reveal.
• Who supplies the slabs? Fabricators buy from stone distributors and quartz brands whose pricing, availability and warranties shape every quote. Supplier relationships and inventory of slabs on the yard are business assets invisible in receipts.
• What does the equipment cost? Bridge saws, CNC routers, waterjets, polishers and dust and water handling represent heavy capital, and a shop's throughput depends on it. Equipment financing and maintenance are fixed costs outside a revenue figure.
• How is the work priced? Countertops are quoted per square foot with edge profiles, cutouts and installation added, and a template error costs a slab. Accuracy from template to install decides whether a job pays, and receipts do not show remakes.
• Where does the work come from? Kitchen dealers, cabinet shops, builders and homeowners each send work on different terms, and a shop dependent on one dealer network carries that risk. The referral mix shapes revenue stability.