Employment
19,689
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42346
NAICS 42346 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$77,262/yr average annual pay, with 31 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42346.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin
- 20K
- Workers employed
- $77,262/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $20M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42346
New York leads Ophthalmic Goods 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)
- 20K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $77,262/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $20M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade, a sector that runs a 4.1% net margin overall.
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.
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.
Workforce scale
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 profitable is Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 42346 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
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.
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 16% of that same 551-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 Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 999 establishments, 19,689 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 31 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 42346 · 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.
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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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