Where America's vending-machine operators are: top states by count

There are roughly 3,227 vending-machine operator establishments in the U.S. (NAICS 445132, 2023 Census County Business Patterns). Florida leads with 305, followed by Texas (268), California (228), and New York (181) — a ranking that tracks population and dense commercial-property footprints where machines are placed. Illinois (163), Pennsylvania (145), North Carolina (140), and Ohio (140) complete the top eight. The segment employs about 40,900 people.

Why it matters for insurance: vending operators are a hybrid general-liability and product-liability exposure — their machines sit on other businesses' premises (third-party bodily-injury and property-damage risk) and dispense food and drink (product risk) — plus commercial auto for the restocking routes and inland-marine/equipment coverage for the machines themselves.

Paid employees = total employment reported for the week of March 12, U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. "—" marks state cells the Census suppressed for disclosure.

Counts are establishments classified under NAICS 445132 (Vending Machine Operators) in the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 County Business Patterns, the most recent CBP release. An establishment is a single physical location; figures count operator establishments, not machines. State rows exclude cells the Census suppressed for disclosure.

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