Employment
67,517
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 423210
NAICS 423210 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$79,838/yr average annual pay, with 299 SBA loans on record for NAICS 423210.
- 5K
- Establishments
- 68K
- Workers employed
- $79,838/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $251M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 423210
California leads Furniture Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 5K establishments employing 68K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 5K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 68K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $79,838/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $251M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Furniture Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Furniture Merchant Wholesalers
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
5,023 establishments employ 67,517 workers (13.4/location) at $79,838/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and North Carolina.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$79,838/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
5,023
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 2,873; establishment count decreased by 163. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $5.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 13.4
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 12,257 |
| Texas | 6,036 |
| North Carolina | 3,894 |
| New York | 3,469 |
| Florida | 3,385 |
| New Jersey | 3,233 |
| Illinois | 2,676 |
| Ohio | 2,139 |
| Washington | 1,646 |
| Virginia | 1,489 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
299
Total Loan Volume
$251M
Avg Loan Size
$839K
Jobs Supported
2,235
Program Breakdown
7(a) 231 (77%)
504 68 (23%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
18 loans in this industry
New Business Share
17.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 37
2021 45
2022 46
2023 59
2024 62
2025 48
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Furniture Merchant Wholesalers?
5,023 business establishments. Together they employ 67,517 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Furniture Merchant Wholesalers?
$79,838/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 13.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Furniture Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 12,257 workers. Texas (6,036) and North Carolina (3,894) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Furniture Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Furniture Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 299 SBA loans totaling $251 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $839K. These loans supported 2,235 jobs at origination. Most lending (77%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 64% of that same 801-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Furniture Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 5,023 establishments, 67,517 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 299 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 423210 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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