Profit Margin
17.1%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Wholesale Trade ·NAICS 425
NAICS 425 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers - Industry Benchmarks
$71,985/yr average annual pay, with 649 SBA loans on record for NAICS 425.
- 17.1%
- Net margin
- 244K
- Workers employed
- $71,985/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $391M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 425
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers runs a 17.1% pre-tax net margin - above average for US industries - across 35K establishments employing 244K workers.
- 17.1%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 244K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $71,985/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $391M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 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 2013 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers sits inside Wholesale Trade at a 17.1% net margin (above average for US industries), $5.5B in aggregate receipts across 13,822 returns, averaging $396.8M per establishment.
34,962 establishments employ 243,788 workers (7.0/location) at $71,985/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers sits in the 18th percentile for employment and the 93rd percentile for net margin among 3-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$5.5B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$934.8M
Pre-tax net income
Employment
243,788
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$71,985/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
34,962
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 6,259; establishment count decreased by 1,244. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Workforce scale
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers margin vs national reference points
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers net margin 56.8%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/7%
Business Structure Breakdown
Per-entity IRS SOI tables at their own vintages, shares only when every row shares one year (never mix 2013/2017/2022 populations).
C Corporation SOI 2013
13,822 returns
Margin: 17.1% · Receipts: $5.5B
Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022
94,565 returns
Margin: 10.9% · Receipts: $10.4B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 13,822
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $396.8M
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $17.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 7.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers NAICS 4251 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 28,747 |
| Texas | 25,592 |
| Florida | 16,328 |
| Illinois | 9,996 |
| Ohio | 9,710 |
| New York | 9,285 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,227 |
| North Carolina | 8,851 |
| Georgia | 8,117 |
| New Jersey | 7,395 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
649
Total Loan Volume
$391M
Avg Loan Size
$602K
Jobs Supported
3,965
Program Breakdown
7(a) 576 (89%)
504 73 (11%)
Top SBA Lender
Northeast Bank
44 loans in this industry
New Business Share
14.8% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 71
2021 98
2022 85
2023 92
2024 132
2025 152
2026 19
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers?
$5.5B in total annual receipts across all Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers businesses. Average per business: $396.8M.
How profitable is Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers?
17.1% net profit margin, above average for US industries.
How many businesses are in Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers?
34,962 business establishments. Together they employ 243,788 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers?
$71,985/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 7.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers employment?
California leads with 28,747 workers. Texas (25,592) and Florida (16,328) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers receive?
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers businesses received 649 SBA loans totaling $391 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $602K. These loans supported 3,965 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers, both at NAICS level 3 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers ranks #63 of 77 U.S. industries at the 3-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #5 of 75 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (17.1% here).
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (243,788 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 425 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI 2013
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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