Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 423390

NAICS 423390 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks

$76,928/yr average annual pay, with 234 SBA loans on record for NAICS 423390.

4.1%
Wholesale Trade sector margin
51K
Workers employed
$76,928/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$171M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated July 2026

The verdict · NAICS 423390

California leads Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin.

4.1%
Wholesale Trade sector margin (IRS SOI)
51K
Workers employed (Census CBP)
$76,928/yr
Avg payroll / employee
$171M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Benchmarking Insights for Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers

Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade, a sector that runs a 4.1% net margin overall.

3,756 establishments employ 51,293 workers (13.7/location) at $76,928/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.

Employment

51,293

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

$76,928/yr

Annual compensation

Establishments

3,756

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

Employment increased by 1,083; establishment count increased by 20. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Workforce scale

Financial Detail

Annual Payroll (Total)
$3.9B
Avg Employees per Establishment
13.7

Top States by Employment

State Employment
California 5,641
Texas 4,846
Florida 4,222
New Jersey 2,679
Georgia 2,242
Pennsylvania 2,198
Illinois 2,144
New York 1,970
Ohio 1,532
Maryland 1,439

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

234

Total Loan Volume

$171M

Avg Loan Size

$730K

Jobs Supported

1,703

Program Breakdown

7(a) 205 (88%)
504 29 (12%)

Top SBA Lender

Northeast Bank

18 loans in this industry

New Business Share

20.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)

2020
26
2021
27
2022
27
2023
36
2024
45
2025
70
2026
3

Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 423390 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers?
3,756 business establishments. Together they employ 51,293 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers?
$76,928/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 13.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 5,641 workers. Texas (4,846) and Florida (4,222) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 234 SBA loans totaling $171 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $730K. These loans supported 1,703 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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 56% 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 Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 423390 · Data year: 2023

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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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