Employment
504,241
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 452319
NAICS 452319 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
All Other General Merchandise Stores - Industry Benchmarks
$20,708/yr average annual pay, with 146 SBA loans on record for NAICS 452319.
- 49K
- Establishments
- 504K
- Workers employed
- $20,708/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $53M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 452319
Texas leads All Other General Merchandise Stores activity nationally, across 49K establishments employing 504K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 49K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 504K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $20,708/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $53M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for All Other General Merchandise Stores
All Other General Merchandise Stores sits inside Retail Trade.
49,121 establishments employ 504,241 workers (10.3/location) at $20,708/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$20,708/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
49,121
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 9,493; establishment count increased by 1,487. 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)
- $10.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 10.3
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 41,306 |
| California | 39,359 |
| Florida | 29,807 |
| New York | 26,058 |
| Ohio | 21,647 |
| North Carolina | 20,839 |
| Georgia | 20,654 |
| Illinois | 18,669 |
| Michigan | 18,379 |
| Virginia | 14,179 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
146
Total Loan Volume
$53M
Avg Loan Size
$365K
Jobs Supported
778
Program Breakdown
7(a) 138 (95%)
504 8 (5%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
20 loans in this industry
New Business Share
37.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 42
2021 64
2022 33
2023 3
2024 3
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in All Other General Merchandise Stores?
49,121 business establishments. Together they employ 504,241 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in All Other General Merchandise Stores?
$20,708/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 10.3 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most All Other General Merchandise Stores employment?
Texas leads with 41,306 workers. California (39,359) and Florida (29,807) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does All Other General Merchandise Stores receive?
All Other General Merchandise Stores businesses received 146 SBA loans totaling $53 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $365K. These loans supported 778 jobs at origination. Most lending (95%) 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 94% 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.
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Benchmarking All Other General Merchandise Stores
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 49,121 establishments, 504,241 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 146 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 452319 · 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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