Employment
42,754
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42445
NAICS 42445 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$73,451/yr average annual pay, with 89 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42445.
- 2K
- Establishments
- 43K
- Workers employed
- $73,451/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $47M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42445
Pennsylvania leads Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 2K establishments employing 43K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 2K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 43K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $73,451/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $47M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Confectionery 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 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
2,245 establishments employ 42,754 workers (19.0/location) at $73,451/yr average annual pay. Pennsylvania leads employment, followed by Texas and California.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$73,451/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
2,245
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 865; establishment count decreased by 67. 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)
- $3.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 19.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 424450 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 6,227 |
| Texas | 5,119 |
| California | 3,966 |
| Illinois | 3,778 |
| New York | 3,064 |
| New Jersey | 2,216 |
| North Carolina | 1,117 |
| Florida | 1,112 |
| Arizona | 918 |
| Wisconsin | 877 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
89
Total Loan Volume
$47M
Avg Loan Size
$531K
Jobs Supported
942
Program Breakdown
7(a) 84 (94%)
504 5 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
18 loans in this industry
New Business Share
19.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 13
2021 10
2022 9
2023 20
2024 15
2025 21
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers?
2,245 business establishments. Together they employ 42,754 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers?
$73,451/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 19.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Pennsylvania leads with 6,227 workers. Texas (5,119) and California (3,966) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 89 SBA loans totaling $47 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $531K. These loans supported 942 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) 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 34% 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 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 2,245 establishments, 42,754 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 89 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 42445 · 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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