Employment
106,002
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42393
NAICS 42393 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$62,727/yr average annual pay, with 504 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42393.
- 8K
- Establishments
- 106K
- Workers employed
- $62,727/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $466M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42393
California leads Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 8K establishments employing 106K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 8K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 106K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $62,727/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $466M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Recyclable Material 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 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
7,744 establishments employ 106,002 workers (13.7/location) at $62,727/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$62,727/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
7,744
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 3,198; establishment count decreased by 17. 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)
- $6.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 13.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 423930 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 10,701 |
| Texas | 10,168 |
| Illinois | 6,470 |
| Ohio | 5,620 |
| New York | 5,493 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,915 |
| New Jersey | 4,525 |
| North Carolina | 3,447 |
| Florida | 3,373 |
| Indiana | 3,285 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
504
Total Loan Volume
$466M
Avg Loan Size
$924K
Jobs Supported
5,971
Program Breakdown
7(a) 411 (82%)
504 93 (18%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
41 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 61
2021 89
2022 82
2023 83
2024 95
2025 84
2026 10
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers?
7,744 business establishments. Together they employ 106,002 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers?
$62,727/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 13.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 10,701 workers. Texas (10,168) and Illinois (6,470) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 504 SBA loans totaling $466 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $924K. These loans supported 5,971 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) 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 62% of that same 551-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.
- Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping 106,098
- Other Health and Personal Care Stores 106,272
- All Other Food Manufacturing 105,458
Benchmarking Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 7,744 establishments, 106,002 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 504 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 42393 · 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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