Employment
19,689
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42346
NAICS 42346 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$77,262/yr average annual pay, with 31 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42346.
- 999
- Establishments
- 20K
- Workers employed
- $77,262/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $20M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42346
New York leads Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 999 establishments employing 20K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 999
- Business establishments (Census)
- 20K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $77,262/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $20M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Ophthalmic Goods 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 Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
999 establishments employ 19,689 workers (19.7/location) at $77,262/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 16th percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$77,262/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
999
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 117; establishment count decreased by 22. 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)
- $1.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 19.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 423460 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 3,683 |
| California | 3,336 |
| Florida | 1,283 |
| New Jersey | 1,281 |
| Wisconsin | 748 |
| Texas | 436 |
| Georgia | 412 |
| Michigan | 359 |
| Missouri | 261 |
| Tennessee | 93 |
Showing top 10 of 47 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
31
Total Loan Volume
$20M
Avg Loan Size
$645K
Jobs Supported
187
Program Breakdown
7(a) 30 (97%)
504 1 (3%)
Top SBA Lender
Newtek Bank, National Association
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
22.6% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 4
2021 3
2022 4
2023 3
2024 10
2025 7
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
999 business establishments. Together they employ 19,689 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
$77,262/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 19.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers employment?
New York leads with 3,683 workers. California (3,336) and Florida (1,283) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 31 SBA loans totaling $20 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $645K. These loans supported 187 jobs at origination. Most lending (97%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers, both at NAICS level 5 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers ranks #461 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (19,689 here).
Read with this industry: Industry employment trends · Wholesale Trade · 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 42346 · 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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