Retail Trade ·NAICS 4412

NAICS 4412 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP

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 July 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

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.

Profit Margin

3.7%

Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)

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.

Where each dollar of Other Motor Vehicle Dealers revenue goes

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%/8%

Business Structure Breakdown

How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)

C Corporation
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 FY2020–2026

SBA 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.

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: Other Motor Vehicle Dealers reports a higher net margin than 34% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 47% of that same 259-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 reported net margins

Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.

Closest workforce scale

Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.

Benchmarking Other Motor Vehicle Dealers

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 4412 · 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023

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