Profit Margin
3.5%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 4246
NAICS 4246 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$95,764/yr average annual pay, with 288 SBA loans on record for NAICS 4246.
- 3.5%
- Net margin
- 169K
- Workers employed
- $95,764/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $257M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4246
Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers runs a 3.5% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 11K establishments employing 169K workers.
- 3.5%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 169K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $95,764/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $257M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade at a 3.5% net margin (below the national median), $105.3B in aggregate receipts across 9,158 returns, averaging $11.5B per establishment.
11,364 establishments employ 168,556 workers (14.8/location) at $95,764/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Ohio.
Total Receipts
$105.3B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$3.6B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
168,556
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$95,764/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
11,364
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 5,601; establishment count decreased by 356. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers revenue goes
Workforce scale
Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers margin vs national reference points
Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers net margin 11.5%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
9,158 returns 100%
Margin: 3.5% · Receipts: $105.3B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 9,158
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $11.5B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $16.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 14.8
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42469 | N/A |
| Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42461 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 26,051 |
| California | 15,255 |
| Ohio | 9,672 |
| Illinois | 9,263 |
| Pennsylvania | 7,340 |
| New Jersey | 7,021 |
| Florida | 6,790 |
| New York | 6,097 |
| Georgia | 5,941 |
| Minnesota | 5,422 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
288
Total Loan Volume
$257M
Avg Loan Size
$892K
Jobs Supported
2,097
Program Breakdown
7(a) 243 (84%)
504 45 (16%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
18 loans in this industry
New Business Share
12.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 42
2021 42
2022 54
2023 38
2024 45
2025 57
2026 10
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers?
$105.3B in total annual receipts across all Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers businesses. Average per business: $11.5B.
How profitable is Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers?
3.5% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers?
11,364 business establishments. Together they employ 168,556 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers?
$95,764/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 14.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Texas leads with 26,051 workers. California (15,255) and Ohio (9,672) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 288 SBA loans totaling $257 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $892K. These loans supported 2,097 jobs at origination. Most lending (84%) 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: Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers reports a higher net margin than 31% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 46% of that same 259-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
- Net margin: 3.5% vs sector. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 11,364 establishments, 168,556 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 288 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 4246 · 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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