Employment
176,062
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42441
NAICS 42441 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
556 SBA loans on record, $471M in volume, for NAICS 42441.
- 3K
- Establishments
- 176K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $471M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42441
California leads General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 3K establishments employing 176K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 3K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 176K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $471M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
General Line Grocery 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 General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers
General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
3,383 establishments employ 176,062 workers (52.0/location). California leads employment, followed by Illinois and New York.
General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 75th percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
3,383
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count increased by 93. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 52.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 424410 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 19,450 |
| Illinois | 11,184 |
| New York | 8,348 |
| New Jersey | 7,797 |
| Georgia | 5,504 |
| Colorado | 4,013 |
| Arizona | 3,882 |
| Washington | 3,538 |
| Louisiana | 3,437 |
| Massachusetts | 3,277 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
556
Total Loan Volume
$471M
Avg Loan Size
$848K
Jobs Supported
6,625
Program Breakdown
7(a) 453 (81%)
504 103 (19%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
34 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 63
2021 80
2022 73
2023 97
2024 105
2025 123
2026 15
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers?
3,383 business establishments. Together they employ 176,062 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers?
Average payroll data for General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 19,450 workers. Illinois (11,184) and New York (8,348) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers receive?
General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 556 SBA loans totaling $471 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $848K. These loans supported 6,625 jobs at origination. Most lending (81%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers, both at NAICS level 5 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers ranks #135 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (176,062 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 42441 · 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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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