Employment
229,921
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42361
NAICS 42361 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$97,044/yr average annual pay, with 423 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42361.
- 13K
- Establishments
- 230K
- Workers employed
- $97,044/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $468M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42361
California leads Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 13K establishments employing 230K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 13K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 230K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $97,044/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $468M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment 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 Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
13,379 establishments employ 229,921 workers (17.2/location) at $97,044/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Illinois.
Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 81st percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$97,044/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
13,379
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 13,813; establishment count decreased by 83. 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)
- $22.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 17.2
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 423610 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 24,683 |
| Texas | 24,010 |
| Illinois | 13,315 |
| Florida | 13,192 |
| Ohio | 9,885 |
| North Carolina | 9,563 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,266 |
| New York | 9,215 |
| Georgia | 8,844 |
| New Jersey | 8,314 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
423
Total Loan Volume
$468M
Avg Loan Size
$1106K
Jobs Supported
4,642
Program Breakdown
7(a) 341 (81%)
504 82 (19%)
Top SBA Lender
Live Oak Banking Company
23 loans in this industry
New Business Share
13.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 61
2021 86
2022 54
2023 64
2024 62
2025 89
2026 7
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers?
13,379 business establishments. Together they employ 229,921 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers?
$97,044/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 17.2 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 24,683 workers. Texas (24,010) and Illinois (13,315) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 423 SBA loans totaling $468 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1106K. These loans supported 4,642 jobs at origination. Most lending (81%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment 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, Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers ranks #104 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (229,921 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 42361 · 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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