Employment
278,904
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 444190
NAICS 444190 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Other Building Material Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$64,357/yr average annual pay, with 439 SBA loans on record for NAICS 444190.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin
- 279K
- Workers employed
- $64,357/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $350M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 444190
California leads Other Building Material Dealers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin.
- 4.2%
- Retail Trade sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 279K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $64,357/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $350M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Other Building Material Dealers
Other Building Material Dealers sits inside Retail Trade, a sector that runs a 4.2% net margin overall.
26,733 establishments employ 278,904 workers (10.4/location) at $64,357/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and New York.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$64,357/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
26,733
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 3,375; establishment count decreased by 304. 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)
- $17.9B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.4
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 25,567 |
| Texas | 22,282 |
| New York | 16,194 |
| Florida | 15,886 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,975 |
| North Carolina | 8,943 |
| Michigan | 8,879 |
| Ohio | 8,717 |
| New Jersey | 8,493 |
| Illinois | 8,453 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
439
Total Loan Volume
$350M
Avg Loan Size
$796K
Jobs Supported
4,087
Program Breakdown
7(a) 349 (79%)
504 90 (21%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
22 loans in this industry
New Business Share
18.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 122
2021 213
2022 73
2023 19
2024 9
2025 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Other Building Material Dealers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 444190 level. California leads this industry nationally. The broader Retail Trade sector runs a 4.2% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Other Building Material Dealers?
26,733 business establishments. Together they employ 278,904 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Other Building Material Dealers?
$64,357/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Other Building Material Dealers employment?
California leads with 25,567 workers. Texas (22,282) and New York (16,194) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Other Building Material Dealers receive?
Other Building Material Dealers businesses received 439 SBA loans totaling $350 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $796K. These loans supported 4,087 jobs at origination. Most lending (79%) 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 89% of that same 801-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 Building Material Dealers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 26,733 establishments, 278,904 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 439 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 444190 · 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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