Employment
4,594
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 424520
NAICS 424520 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$34,443/yr average annual pay, with 16 SBA loans on record for NAICS 424520.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin
- 5K
- Workers employed
- $34,443/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $8M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 424520
Iowa leads Livestock 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)
- 5K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $34,443/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $8M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Livestock Merchant Wholesalers
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade, a sector that runs a 4.1% net margin overall.
573 establishments employ 4,594 workers (8.0/location) at $34,443/yr average annual pay. Iowa leads employment, followed by Kansas and Oklahoma.
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.
Workforce scale
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 profitable is Livestock Merchant Wholesalers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 424520 level. Iowa leads this industry nationally. The broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
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.
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 6% of that same 801-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
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Livestock Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 573 establishments, 4,594 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 16 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 424520 · 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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