Employment
21,208
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 424950
NAICS 424950 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$74,472/yr average annual pay, with 80 SBA loans on record for NAICS 424950.
- 2K
- Establishments
- 21K
- Workers employed
- $74,472/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $63M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 424950
California leads Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally, across 2K establishments employing 21K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 2K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 21K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $74,472/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $63M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Paint, Varnish, and 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 Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade.
1,992 establishments employ 21,208 workers (10.7/location) at $74,472/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Illinois and Ohio.
Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers sits in the 32nd percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$74,472/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,992
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,123; establishment count increased by 65. 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)
- $1.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.7
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 2,877 |
| Illinois | 1,655 |
| Ohio | 1,541 |
| New Jersey | 1,319 |
| Florida | 1,259 |
| Texas | 1,135 |
| New York | 1,062 |
| Indiana | 651 |
| Tennessee | 488 |
| Wisconsin | 460 |
Showing top 10 of 47 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
80
Total Loan Volume
$63M
Avg Loan Size
$789K
Jobs Supported
654
Program Breakdown
7(a) 69 (86%)
504 11 (14%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
6 loans in this industry
New Business Share
17.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 9
2021 14
2022 7
2023 8
2024 18
2025 20
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers?
1,992 business establishments. Together they employ 21,208 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers?
$74,472/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 2,877 workers. Illinois (1,655) and Ohio (1,541) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 80 SBA loans totaling $63 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $789K. These loans supported 654 jobs at origination. Most lending (86%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Paint, Varnish, and Supplies 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, Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers ranks #548 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (21,208 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 424950 · 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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