Employment
17,120
Total employees (Census CBP)
Retail Trade ·NAICS 453920
NAICS 453920 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Art Dealers - Industry Benchmarks
$73,797/yr average annual pay, with 81 SBA loans on record for NAICS 453920.
- 5K
- Establishments
- 17K
- Workers employed
- $73,797/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $35M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 453920
New York leads Art Dealers activity nationally, across 5K establishments employing 17K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 5K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 17K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $73,797/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $35M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Art Dealers
Art Dealers sits inside Retail Trade.
4,729 establishments employ 17,120 workers (3.6/location) at $73,797/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$73,797/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
4,729
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 84; establishment count decreased by 43. 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)
- $1.3B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 3.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 4,849 |
| California | 2,355 |
| Florida | 1,135 |
| Texas | 520 |
| North Carolina | 464 |
| Colorado | 446 |
| Illinois | 393 |
| Washington | 336 |
| Oregon | 334 |
| Massachusetts | 315 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
81
Total Loan Volume
$35M
Avg Loan Size
$426K
Jobs Supported
438
Program Breakdown
7(a) 66 (81%)
504 15 (19%)
Top SBA Lender
U.S. Bank, National Association
9 loans in this industry
New Business Share
28.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (6 yrs)
2020 21
2021 33
2022 16
2023 8
2024 2
2025 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Art Dealers?
4,729 business establishments. Together they employ 17,120 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Art Dealers?
$73,797/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 3.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Art Dealers employment?
New York leads with 4,849 workers. California (2,355) and Florida (1,135) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Art Dealers receive?
Art Dealers businesses received 81 SBA loans totaling $35 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $426K. These loans supported 438 jobs at origination. Most lending (81%) 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 27% 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 Art Dealers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Retail Trade
- 4,729 establishments, 17,120 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 81 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 453920 · 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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