Employment
302,952
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 424210
NAICS 424210 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$159,612/yr average annual pay, with 261 SBA loans on record for NAICS 424210.
- 9K
- Establishments
- 303K
- Workers employed
- $159,612/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $192M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 424210
California leads Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 9K establishments employing 303K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 9K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 303K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $159,612/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $192M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries 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 Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
8,919 establishments employ 302,952 workers (34.0/location) at $159,612/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by New York and Massachusetts.
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 90th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$159,612/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
8,919
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 8,628; establishment count decreased by 1,040. 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)
- $48.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 34.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 38,998 |
| New York | 23,253 |
| Massachusetts | 18,922 |
| Texas | 16,918 |
| Florida | 15,829 |
| Georgia | 8,002 |
| Ohio | 6,942 |
| Maryland | 6,226 |
| Utah | 3,964 |
| Tennessee | 3,857 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
261
Total Loan Volume
$192M
Avg Loan Size
$736K
Jobs Supported
2,022
Program Breakdown
7(a) 230 (88%)
504 31 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
36 loans in this industry
New Business Share
16.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 42
2021 50
2022 33
2023 44
2024 42
2025 46
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers?
8,919 business establishments. Together they employ 302,952 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers?
$159,612/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 34.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 38,998 workers. New York (23,253) and Massachusetts (18,922) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 261 SBA loans totaling $192 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $736K. These loans supported 2,022 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Drugs and Druggists' Sundries 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, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers ranks #79 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (302,952 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 424210 · 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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