Employment
116,337
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 424810
NAICS 424810 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$64,598/yr average annual pay, with 118 SBA loans on record for NAICS 424810.
- 2K
- Establishments
- 116K
- Workers employed
- $64,598/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $72M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 424810
Texas leads Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 2K establishments employing 116K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 2K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 116K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $64,598/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $72M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Beer and Ale 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 Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
1,915 establishments employ 116,337 workers (60.8/location) at $64,598/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Illinois.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$64,598/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,915
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,203; establishment count increased by 16. 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)
- $7.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 60.8
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 13,247 |
| California | 9,586 |
| Illinois | 4,268 |
| Ohio | 4,205 |
| Michigan | 3,713 |
| North Carolina | 3,480 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,242 |
| Georgia | 3,074 |
| Arizona | 2,892 |
| Wisconsin | 2,733 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
118
Total Loan Volume
$72M
Avg Loan Size
$613K
Jobs Supported
1,229
Program Breakdown
7(a) 104 (88%)
504 14 (12%)
Top SBA Lender
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
10 loans in this industry
New Business Share
27.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 16
2021 24
2022 26
2023 11
2024 17
2025 23
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers?
1,915 business establishments. Together they employ 116,337 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers?
$64,598/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 60.8 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers employment?
Texas leads with 13,247 workers. California (9,586) and Illinois (4,268) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 118 SBA loans totaling $72 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $613K. These loans supported 1,229 jobs at origination. Most lending (88%) 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.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers ranks #193 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 1,915 establishments, 116,337 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 118 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 424810 · 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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