Profit Margin
3.7%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 4412
NAICS 4412 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$60,167/yr average annual pay, with 975 SBA loans on record for NAICS 4412.
- 3.7%
- Net margin
- 171K
- Workers employed
- $60,167/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $929M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4412
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers runs a 3.7% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 14K establishments employing 171K workers.
- 3.7%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 171K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $60,167/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $929M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Other Motor Vehicle Dealers's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers 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 Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers sits inside Retail Trade at a 3.7% net margin (below the national median), $144.3B in aggregate receipts across 37,925 returns, averaging $3.8B per establishment.
13,906 establishments employ 171,382 workers (12.3/location) at $60,167/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by Texas and California.
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers sits in the 47th percentile for employment and the 34th percentile for net margin among 4-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$144.3B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$5.4B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
171,382
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$60,167/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
13,906
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 830; establishment count decreased by 144. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Workforce scale
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers margin vs national reference points
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers net margin 12.4%
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
37,925 returns 100%
Margin: 3.7% · Receipts: $144.3B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 37,925
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $3.8B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $10.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 12.3
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Motorcycle, Boat, and Other Motor Vehicle Dealers NAICS 44122 | N/A |
| Recreational Vehicle Dealers NAICS 44121 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 18,184 |
| Texas | 15,117 |
| California | 12,380 |
| Michigan | 6,873 |
| Ohio | 5,355 |
| Wisconsin | 5,219 |
| North Carolina | 5,180 |
| Minnesota | 5,083 |
| Washington | 4,916 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,834 |
Showing top 10 of 50 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
975
Total Loan Volume
$929M
Avg Loan Size
$952K
Jobs Supported
10,313
Program Breakdown
7(a) 706 (72%)
504 269 (28%)
Top SBA Lender
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
31 loans in this industry
New Business Share
19.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 135
2021 231
2022 164
2023 119
2024 138
2025 163
2026 25
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Other Motor Vehicle Dealers?
$144.3B in total annual receipts across all Other Motor Vehicle Dealers businesses. Average per business: $3.8B.
How profitable is Other Motor Vehicle Dealers?
3.7% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Other Motor Vehicle Dealers?
13,906 business establishments. Together they employ 171,382 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Motor Vehicle Dealers?
$60,167/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 12.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Motor Vehicle Dealers employment?
Florida leads with 18,184 workers. Texas (15,117) and California (12,380) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Motor Vehicle Dealers receive?
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers businesses received 975 SBA loans totaling $929 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $952K. These loans supported 10,313 jobs at origination. Most lending (72%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Other Motor Vehicle Dealers, both at NAICS level 4 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Other Motor Vehicle Dealers ranks #138 of 259 U.S. industries at the 4-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #83 of 126 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (3.7% here).
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (171,382 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 4412 · 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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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