Employment
4,594
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 424520
NAICS 424520 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$34,443/yr average annual pay, with 16 SBA loans on record for NAICS 424520.
- 573
- Establishments
- 5K
- Workers employed
- $34,443/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $8M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 424520
Iowa leads Livestock Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 573 establishments employing 5K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 573
- Business establishments (Census)
- 5K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $34,443/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $8M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Livestock Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Livestock 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 Livestock Merchant Wholesalers
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
573 establishments employ 4,594 workers (8.0/location) at $34,443/yr average annual pay. Iowa leads employment, followed by Kansas and Oklahoma.
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 6th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$34,443/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
573
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 514; establishment count decreased by 60. 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)
- $158.2M
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.0
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Iowa | 529 |
| Kansas | 346 |
| Oklahoma | 346 |
| Missouri | 240 |
| Wisconsin | 189 |
| Minnesota | 169 |
| Alabama | 117 |
| Pennsylvania | 75 |
| New Jersey | 37 |
| Oregon | 8 |
Showing top 10 of 35 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
16
Total Loan Volume
$8M
Avg Loan Size
$476K
Jobs Supported
128
Program Breakdown
7(a) 15 (94%)
504 1 (6%)
Top SBA Lender
Valley Bank of Ronan
2 loans in this industry
New Business Share
37.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (4 yrs)
2021 5
2023 4
2024 6
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Livestock Merchant Wholesalers?
573 business establishments. Together they employ 4,594 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Livestock Merchant Wholesalers?
$34,443/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Livestock Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Iowa leads with 529 workers. Kansas (346) and Oklahoma (346) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Livestock Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 16 SBA loans totaling $8 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $476K. These loans supported 128 jobs at origination. Most lending (94%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Livestock 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, Livestock Merchant Wholesalers ranks #753 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (4,594 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 424520 · 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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