Employment
35,172
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 423860
NAICS 423860 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
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.
- 2K
- Establishments
- 35K
- Workers employed
- $94,255/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $155M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 423860
Florida leads Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 2K establishments employing 35K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 2K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 35K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $94,255/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $155M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) 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 Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers
Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
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.
Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 46th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
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.
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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 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.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers ranks #433 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (35,172 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 423860 · 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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