Employment
35,172
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 423860
NAICS 423860 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$94,255/yr average annual pay, with 181 SBA loans on record for NAICS 423860.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin
- 35K
- Workers employed
- $94,255/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $155M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 423860
Florida leads Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) 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)
- 35K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $94,255/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $155M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers
Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade, a sector that runs a 4.1% net margin overall.
2,375 establishments employ 35,172 workers (14.8/location) at $94,255/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by California and Virginia.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$94,255/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
2,375
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,517; establishment count decreased by 5. 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)
- $3.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 14.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 6,729 |
| California | 4,597 |
| Virginia | 1,243 |
| Washington | 1,139 |
| Arizona | 959 |
| Georgia | 784 |
| New York | 748 |
| Louisiana | 738 |
| Connecticut | 673 |
| Kansas | 652 |
Showing top 10 of 49 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
181
Total Loan Volume
$155M
Avg Loan Size
$854K
Jobs Supported
1,465
Program Breakdown
7(a) 168 (93%)
504 13 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
21 loans in this industry
New Business Share
21.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 22
2021 22
2022 19
2023 30
2024 35
2025 48
2026 5
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 423860 level. Florida leads this industry nationally. The broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers?
2,375 business establishments. Together they employ 35,172 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers?
$94,255/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 14.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Florida leads with 6,729 workers. California (4,597) and Virginia (1,243) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 181 SBA loans totaling $155 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $854K. These loans supported 1,465 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) 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 46% of that same 801-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 Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 2,375 establishments, 35,172 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 181 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 423860 · 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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