Profit Margin
2.4%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 4442
NAICS 4442 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores - Industry Benchmarks
805 SBA loans on record, $455M in volume, for NAICS 4442.
- 2.4%
- Net margin
- N/A
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $455M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4442
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores runs a 2.4% pre-tax net margin - significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors - across 17K establishments employing N/A workers.
- 2.4%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- N/A
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $455M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores sits inside Retail Trade at a 2.4% net margin (significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors), $17.8B in aggregate receipts across 8,038 returns, averaging $2.2B per establishment.
17,073 establishments employ N/A workers. California leads employment, followed by Missouri and Tennessee.
Total Receipts
$17.8B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$433.2M
Pre-tax net income
Employment
N/A
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
17,073
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 765. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores revenue goes
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores margin vs national reference points
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores net margin 8.1%
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
8,038 returns 100%
Margin: 2.4% · Receipts: $17.8B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 8,038
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $2.2B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $6.7B
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Stores NAICS 44422 | N/A |
| Outdoor Power Equipment Stores NAICS 44421 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 11,751 |
| Missouri | 5,745 |
| Tennessee | 5,575 |
| Washington | 5,103 |
| Illinois | 4,429 |
| Oregon | 3,642 |
| Minnesota | 3,292 |
| Massachusetts | 3,107 |
| Arizona | 2,882 |
| Maryland | 2,873 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
805
Total Loan Volume
$455M
Avg Loan Size
$566K
Jobs Supported
7,893
Program Breakdown
7(a) 693 (86%)
504 112 (14%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
41 loans in this industry
New Business Share
23.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 102
2021 141
2022 133
2023 115
2024 140
2025 152
2026 22
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores?
$17.8B in total annual receipts across all Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores businesses. Average per business: $2.2B.
How profitable is Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores?
2.4% net profit margin, significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors.
How many businesses are in Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores?
17,073 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores?
Average payroll data for Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores employment?
California leads with 11,751 workers. Missouri (5,745) and Tennessee (5,575) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores receive?
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores businesses received 805 SBA loans totaling $455 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $566K. These loans supported 7,893 jobs at origination. Most lending (86%) 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: Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores reports a higher net margin than 21% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. 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.
Benchmarking Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores
- Net margin: 2.4% vs sector. Browse Retail Trade
- 17,073 establishments, N/A workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 805 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 4442 · 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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