Employment
77,792
Total employees (Census CBP)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 42499
NAICS 42499 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers - Industry Benchmarks
$63,483/yr average annual pay, with 1,170 SBA loans on record for NAICS 42499.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin
- 78K
- Workers employed
- $63,483/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $952M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 42499
California leads Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin.
- 4.1%
- Wholesale Trade sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 78K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $63,483/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $952M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers sits inside Wholesale Trade, a sector that runs a 4.1% net margin overall.
10,571 establishments employ 77,792 workers (7.4/location) at $63,483/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Florida and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$63,483/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
10,571
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 585; establishment count decreased by 63. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $4.9B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 7.4
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers NAICS 424990 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 14,727 |
| Florida | 6,590 |
| Texas | 5,948 |
| New York | 4,776 |
| Illinois | 3,506 |
| Georgia | 3,461 |
| New Jersey | 3,379 |
| Ohio | 2,344 |
| Utah | 2,076 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,062 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,170
Total Loan Volume
$952M
Avg Loan Size
$814K
Jobs Supported
9,282
Program Breakdown
7(a) 954 (82%)
504 216 (18%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
67 loans in this industry
New Business Share
12.9% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 116
2021 214
2022 172
2023 168
2024 233
2025 232
2026 35
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 42499 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Wholesale Trade sector runs a 4.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
10,571 business establishments. Together they employ 77,792 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers?
$63,483/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 7.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers employment?
California leads with 14,727 workers. Florida (6,590) and Texas (5,948) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers receive?
Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers businesses received 1,170 SBA loans totaling $952 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $814K. These loans supported 9,282 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) 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: Its Census employment total exceeds 51% of that same 551-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 workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Wholesale Trade
- 10,571 establishments, 77,792 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,170 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 42499 · 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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