Employment
44,260
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 424510
NAICS 424510 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$79,031/yr average annual pay, with 40 SBA loans on record for NAICS 424510.
- 4K
- Establishments
- 44K
- Workers employed
- $79,031/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $40M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 424510
Iowa leads Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 4K establishments employing 44K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 4K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 44K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $79,031/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $40M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Grain and Field Bean 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 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
4,407 establishments employ 44,260 workers (10.0/location) at $79,031/yr average annual pay. Iowa leads employment, followed by Illinois and Kansas.
Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 52nd percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$79,031/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,407
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 2,805; establishment count decreased by 74. 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)
- $3.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Iowa | 5,368 |
| Illinois | 5,078 |
| Kansas | 3,638 |
| Minnesota | 3,061 |
| Nebraska | 3,003 |
| Texas | 2,079 |
| California | 1,713 |
| Indiana | 1,404 |
| Oklahoma | 798 |
| Colorado | 663 |
Showing top 10 of 43 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
40
Total Loan Volume
$40M
Avg Loan Size
$989K
Jobs Supported
374
Program Breakdown
7(a) 34 (85%)
504 6 (15%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
7.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 6
2021 16
2022 3
2023 4
2024 4
2025 7
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers?
4,407 business establishments. Together they employ 44,260 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers?
$79,031/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Iowa leads with 5,368 workers. Illinois (5,078) and Kansas (3,638) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 40 SBA loans totaling $40 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $989K. These loans supported 374 jobs at origination. Most lending (85%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Grain and Field Bean 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, Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers ranks #382 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (44,260 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 424510 · 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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