Employment
51,155
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42493
NAICS 42493 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$51,137/yr average annual pay, with 271 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42493.
- 4K
- Establishments
- 51K
- Workers employed
- $51,137/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $174M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42493
California leads Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 4K establishments employing 51K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 4K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 51K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $51,137/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $174M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies 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 Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
4,105 establishments employ 51,155 workers (12.5/location) at $51,137/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and Illinois.
Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 39th percentile for employment among 5-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$51,137/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,105
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 833; establishment count increased by 219. 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)
- $2.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 12.5
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 424930 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 10,394 |
| Florida | 8,026 |
| Illinois | 2,101 |
| New York | 1,933 |
| Washington | 1,714 |
| Michigan | 1,699 |
| New Jersey | 1,410 |
| Arizona | 1,206 |
| Massachusetts | 1,191 |
| Oregon | 990 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
271
Total Loan Volume
$174M
Avg Loan Size
$643K
Jobs Supported
2,453
Program Breakdown
7(a) 235 (87%)
504 36 (13%)
Top SBA Lender
BayFirst National Bank
16 loans in this industry
New Business Share
15.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 31
2021 40
2022 33
2023 45
2024 62
2025 50
2026 10
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers?
4,105 business establishments. Together they employ 51,155 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers?
$51,137/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 12.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 10,394 workers. Florida (8,026) and Illinois (2,101) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 271 SBA loans totaling $174 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $643K. These loans supported 2,453 jobs at origination. Most lending (87%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, both at NAICS level 5 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers ranks #336 of 551 U.S. industries at the 5-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (51,155 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 42493 · 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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