Employment
85,467
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42399
NAICS 42399 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$70,791/yr average annual pay, with 1,595 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42399.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin
- 85K
- Workers employed
- $70,791/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.3B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42399
California leads Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods 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)
- 85K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $70,791/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.3B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade, a sector that runs a 4.1% net margin overall.
10,111 establishments employ 85,467 workers (8.4/location) at $70,791/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$70,791/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
10,111
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 3,322; establishment count increased by 183. 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)
- $6.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.4
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 423990 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 11,417 |
| Texas | 8,017 |
| Florida | 5,868 |
| New York | 4,383 |
| Illinois | 4,290 |
| Ohio | 4,275 |
| New Jersey | 3,488 |
| Tennessee | 3,065 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,943 |
| Michigan | 2,612 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,595
Total Loan Volume
$1.3B
Avg Loan Size
$845K
Jobs Supported
12,308
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,328 (83%)
504 267 (17%)
Top SBA Lender
BayFirst National Bank
104 loans in this industry
New Business Share
13.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 224
2021 270
2022 212
2023 233
2024 332
2025 288
2026 36
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 42399 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
10,111 business establishments. Together they employ 85,467 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
$70,791/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 11,417 workers. Texas (8,017) and Florida (5,868) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 1,595 SBA loans totaling $1.3 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $845K. These loans supported 12,308 jobs at origination. Most lending (83%) 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 55% 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.
Benchmarking Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 10,111 establishments, 85,467 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,595 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 42399 · 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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