Employment
135,062
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 424690
NAICS 424690 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$97,332/yr average annual pay, with 222 SBA loans on record for NAICS 424690.
- 9K
- Establishments
- 135K
- Workers employed
- $97,332/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $184M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 424690
Texas leads Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 9K establishments employing 135K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 9K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 135K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $97,332/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $184M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Other Chemical and Allied Products 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 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
8,845 establishments employ 135,062 workers (15.3/location) at $97,332/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Illinois.
Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 78th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$97,332/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
8,845
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 5,105; establishment count decreased by 294. 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)
- $13.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 15.3
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 22,071 |
| California | 12,250 |
| Illinois | 7,242 |
| Ohio | 6,621 |
| New Jersey | 5,942 |
| Florida | 5,488 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,150 |
| Minnesota | 4,855 |
| Georgia | 4,848 |
| North Carolina | 4,447 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
222
Total Loan Volume
$184M
Avg Loan Size
$827K
Jobs Supported
1,433
Program Breakdown
7(a) 187 (84%)
504 35 (16%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
15 loans in this industry
New Business Share
13.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 33
2021 31
2022 39
2023 28
2024 34
2025 47
2026 10
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers?
8,845 business establishments. Together they employ 135,062 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers?
$97,332/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 15.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Texas leads with 22,071 workers. California (12,250) and Illinois (7,242) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 222 SBA loans totaling $184 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $827K. These loans supported 1,433 jobs at origination. Most lending (84%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Other Chemical and Allied Products 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, Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers ranks #176 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (135,062 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 424690 · 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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