Profit Margin
3.1%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 4249
NAICS 4249 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$68,471/yr average annual pay, with 1,872 SBA loans on record for NAICS 4249.
- 3.1%
- Net margin
- 338K
- Workers employed
- $68,471/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4249
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers runs a 3.1% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 29K establishments employing 338K workers.
- 3.1%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 338K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $68,471/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $1.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade at a 3.1% net margin (below the national median), $191.5B in aggregate receipts across 26,321 returns, averaging $7.3B per establishment.
28,794 establishments employ 337,501 workers (11.7/location) at $68,471/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and Illinois.
Total Receipts
$191.5B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$5.9B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
337,501
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$68,471/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
28,794
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,310; establishment count increased by 473. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers revenue goes
Workforce scale
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers margin vs national reference points
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers net margin 10.3%
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
26,321 returns 100%
Margin: 3.1% · Receipts: $191.5B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 26,321
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $7.3B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $23.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 11.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42492 | N/A |
| Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42491 | N/A |
| Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42493 | N/A |
| Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42499 | N/A |
| Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42495 | N/A |
| Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 42494 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 46,913 |
| Florida | 24,088 |
| Illinois | 20,422 |
| Texas | 19,558 |
| North Carolina | 14,482 |
| Georgia | 12,107 |
| New York | 11,754 |
| Iowa | 10,344 |
| Ohio | 9,495 |
| Minnesota | 9,053 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,872
Total Loan Volume
$1.4B
Avg Loan Size
$757K
Jobs Supported
15,544
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,556 (83%)
504 316 (17%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
100 loans in this industry
New Business Share
14.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 196
2021 327
2022 273
2023 265
2024 383
2025 369
2026 59
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
$191.5B in total annual receipts across all Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers businesses. Average per business: $7.3B.
How profitable is Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
3.1% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
28,794 business establishments. Together they employ 337,501 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
$68,471/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 11.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 46,913 workers. Florida (24,088) and Illinois (20,422) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 1,872 SBA loans totaling $1.4 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $757K. These loans supported 15,544 jobs at origination. Most lending (83%) 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: Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers reports a higher net margin than 28% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 68% 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 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- Net margin: 3.1% vs sector. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 28,794 establishments, 337,501 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,872 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 4249 · 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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