Profit Margin
5.4%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 453
NAICS 453 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Miscellaneous Store Retailers - Industry Benchmarks
$31,126/yr average annual pay, with 2,089 SBA loans on record for NAICS 453.
- 5.4%
- Net margin
- 832K
- Workers employed
- $31,126/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $890M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 453
Miscellaneous Store Retailers runs a 5.4% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 116K establishments employing 832K workers.
- 5.4%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 832K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $31,126/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $890M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Miscellaneous Store Retailers
Miscellaneous Store Retailers sits inside Retail Trade at a 5.4% net margin (below the national median), $168.6B in aggregate receipts across 973,830 returns, averaging $173.1M per establishment.
116,482 establishments employ 831,551 workers (7.1/location) at $31,126/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Total Receipts
$168.6B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$9.1B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
831,551
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$31,126/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
116,482
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 36,117; establishment count increased by 3,661. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Miscellaneous Store Retailers revenue goes
Workforce scale
Miscellaneous Store Retailers margin vs national reference points
Miscellaneous Store Retailers net margin 18.0%
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
71,640 returns 7%
Margin: 3.4% · Receipts: $123.5B
Sole Proprietorship
902,190 returns 93%
Margin: 10.9% · Receipts: $45.1B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 973,830
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $173.1M
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $25.9B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 7.1
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Florists NAICS 4531 | N/A |
| Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores NAICS 4532 | N/A |
| Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers NAICS 4539 | N/A |
| Used Merchandise Stores NAICS 4533 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 84,088 |
| Texas | 62,926 |
| Florida | 60,466 |
| New York | 40,267 |
| Pennsylvania | 32,606 |
| Ohio | 30,036 |
| Michigan | 29,152 |
| Illinois | 28,902 |
| Washington | 25,498 |
| North Carolina | 23,438 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
2,089
Total Loan Volume
$890M
Avg Loan Size
$426K
Jobs Supported
17,473
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,853 (89%)
504 236 (11%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
144 loans in this industry
New Business Share
30.1% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 625
2021 878
2022 429
2023 93
2024 46
2025 16
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Miscellaneous Store Retailers?
$168.6B in total annual receipts across all Miscellaneous Store Retailers businesses. Average per business: $173.1M.
How profitable is Miscellaneous Store Retailers?
5.4% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Miscellaneous Store Retailers?
116,482 business establishments. Together they employ 831,551 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Miscellaneous Store Retailers?
$31,126/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 7.1 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Miscellaneous Store Retailers employment?
California leads with 84,088 workers. Texas (62,926) and Florida (60,466) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Miscellaneous Store Retailers receive?
Miscellaneous Store Retailers businesses received 2,089 SBA loans totaling $890 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $426K. These loans supported 17,473 jobs at origination. Most lending (89%) 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: Miscellaneous Store Retailers reports a higher net margin than 56% of the 79 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 48% of that same 77-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 Miscellaneous Store Retailers
- Net margin: 5.4% vs sector. Browse Retail Trade
- 116,482 establishments, 831,551 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 2,089 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 453 · 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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