Profit Margin
1.8%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 4236
NAICS 4236 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$128,815/yr average annual pay, with 990 SBA loans on record for NAICS 4236.
- 1.8%
- Net margin
- 537K
- Workers employed
- $128,815/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $851M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4236
Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers runs a 1.8% pre-tax net margin - significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors - across 26K establishments employing 537K workers.
- 1.8%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 537K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $128,815/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $851M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade at a 1.8% net margin (significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors), $433.8B in aggregate receipts across 32,048 returns, averaging $13.5B per establishment.
25,969 establishments employ 537,347 workers (20.7/location) at $128,815/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Total Receipts
$433.8B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$7.7B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
537,347
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$128,815/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
25,969
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 20,138; establishment count decreased by 385. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers revenue goes
Workforce scale
Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers margin vs national reference points
Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers net margin 5.9%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
32,048 returns 100%
Margin: 1.8% · Receipts: $433.8B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 32,048
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $13.5B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $69.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 20.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42361 | N/A |
| Household Appliances, Electric Housewares, and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42362 | N/A |
| Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42369 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 103,168 |
| Texas | 61,774 |
| Florida | 27,622 |
| Illinois | 24,911 |
| North Carolina | 24,028 |
| New Jersey | 21,883 |
| New York | 19,764 |
| Georgia | 19,415 |
| Massachusetts | 16,213 |
| Ohio | 15,942 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
990
Total Loan Volume
$851M
Avg Loan Size
$859K
Jobs Supported
9,006
Program Breakdown
7(a) 852 (86%)
504 138 (14%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
98 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 130
2021 156
2022 151
2023 168
2024 172
2025 198
2026 15
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
$433.8B in total annual receipts across all Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers businesses. Average per business: $13.5B.
How profitable is Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
1.8% net profit margin, significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors.
How many businesses are in Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
25,969 business establishments. Together they employ 537,347 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
$128,815/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 20.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 103,168 workers. Texas (61,774) and Florida (27,622) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 990 SBA loans totaling $851 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $859K. These loans supported 9,006 jobs at origination. Most lending (86%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
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How this ranks: Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers reports a higher net margin than 11% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 75% of that same 259-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 reported net margins
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Closest workforce scale
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Benchmarking Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- Net margin: 1.8% vs sector. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 25,969 establishments, 537,347 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 990 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 4236 · 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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