Employment
N/A
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 423720
NAICS 423720 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
179 SBA loans on record, $177M in volume, for NAICS 423720.
- 6K
- Establishments
- N/A
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $177M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 423720
Pennsylvania leads Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 6K establishments employing N/A workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 6K
- Business establishments (Census)
- N/A
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $177M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) 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 Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers
Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
6,410 establishments employ N/A workers. Pennsylvania leads employment, followed by New Jersey and Michigan.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
6,410
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 337. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 3,868 |
| New Jersey | 2,378 |
| Michigan | 2,306 |
| Washington | 2,067 |
| Missouri | 1,587 |
| Utah | 1,275 |
| Nevada | 590 |
| Montana | 424 |
| Alaska | 222 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
179
Total Loan Volume
$177M
Avg Loan Size
$987K
Jobs Supported
1,871
Program Breakdown
7(a) 147 (82%)
504 32 (18%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
12 loans in this industry
New Business Share
17.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 25
2021 40
2022 22
2023 35
2024 32
2025 21
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers?
6,410 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers?
Average payroll data for Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Pennsylvania leads with 3,868 workers. New Jersey (2,378) and Michigan (2,306) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 179 SBA loans totaling $177 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $987K. These loans supported 1,871 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Benchmarking Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 6,410 establishments, N/A workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 179 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 423720 · 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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