Profit Margin
8.2%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Finance and Insurance ·NAICS 5231
NAICS 5231 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage - Industry Benchmarks
137 SBA loans on record, $108M in volume, for NAICS 5231.
- 8.2%
- Net margin
- N/A
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $108M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5231
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage runs a 8.2% pre-tax net margin - in line with the national median - across 27K establishments employing N/A workers.
- 8.2%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- N/A
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $108M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage sits inside Finance and Insurance at a 8.2% net margin (in line with the national median), $76.5B in aggregate receipts across 6,199 returns, averaging $12.3B per establishment.
27,442 establishments employ N/A workers. New York leads employment, followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Total Receipts
$76.5B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$6.3B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
N/A
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
27,442
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 1,327. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage revenue goes
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage margin vs national reference points
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage net margin 27.4%
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
6,199 returns 100%
Margin: 8.2% · Receipts: $76.5B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 6,199
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $12.3B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $109.3B
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Commodity Contracts Brokerage NAICS 52314 | N/A |
| Commodity Contracts Dealing NAICS 52313 | N/A |
| Investment Banking and Securities Dealing NAICS 52311 | N/A |
| Securities Brokerage NAICS 52312 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 81,502 |
| New Jersey | 25,141 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,364 |
| Utah | 7,045 |
| Ohio | 6,539 |
| Connecticut | 5,940 |
| Tennessee | 4,850 |
| Indiana | 3,153 |
| Iowa | 2,637 |
| Alabama | 1,724 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
137
Total Loan Volume
$108M
Avg Loan Size
$789K
Jobs Supported
720
Program Breakdown
7(a) 117 (85%)
504 20 (15%)
Top SBA Lender
Live Oak Banking Company
31 loans in this industry
New Business Share
12.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 37
2021 36
2022 17
2023 19
2024 15
2025 11
2026 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage?
$76.5B in total annual receipts across all Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage businesses. Average per business: $12.3B.
How profitable is Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage?
8.2% net profit margin, in line with the national median.
How many businesses are in Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage?
27,442 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage?
Average payroll data for Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage employment?
New York leads with 81,502 workers. New Jersey (25,141) and Pennsylvania (9,364) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage receive?
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage businesses received 137 SBA loans totaling $108 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $789K. These loans supported 720 jobs at origination. Most lending (85%) 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: Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage reports a higher net margin than 73% 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 Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage
- Net margin: 8.2% vs sector. Browse Finance and Insurance
- 27,442 establishments, N/A workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 137 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 5231 · 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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