Employment
176,062
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42441
NAICS 42441 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
556 SBA loans on record, $471M in volume, for NAICS 42441.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin
- 176K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $471M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42441
California leads General Line Grocery 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)
- 176K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $471M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers
General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade, a sector that runs a 4.1% net margin overall.
3,383 establishments employ 176,062 workers (52.0/location). California leads employment, followed by Illinois and New York.
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.
Workforce scale
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 profitable is General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 42441 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 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.
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 75% 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
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Benchmarking General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 3,383 establishments, 176,062 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 556 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 42441 · 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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