NAICS 523120 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023

Securities Brokerage - Industry Benchmarks

64 SBA loans on record, $52M in volume, for NAICS 523120.

15.4%
Finance and Insurance sector margin: N/A
Workers employed: N/A
Avg payroll / employee: $52M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Data updated August 2026

The verdict · NAICS 523120

New York leads Securities Brokerage activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 15.4% net margin.

15.4%
Finance and Insurance sector margin (IRS SOI): N/A
Workers employed (Census CBP): N/A
Avg payroll / employee: $52M
SBA lending, FY20–26

Use Securities Brokerage's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.

Securities Brokerage is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.

Source: IRS SOI (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023

Benchmarking Insights for Securities Brokerage

Securities Brokerage sits inside Finance and Insurance, a sector that runs a 15.4% net margin overall.

21,990 establishments employ N/A workers. New York leads employment, followed by Tennessee and Connecticut.

Employment

N/A

Total employees (Census CBP)

Avg Payroll / Employee

N/A

Annual compensation

Establishments

21,990

Business locations

Release-over-release change

What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023

establishment count decreased by 1,053. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.

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Financial Detail

Top States by Employment

State	Employment	Establishments	Annual Payroll	Avg Payroll/Emp
New York	34,462	1,527	$13.4B	$390,179/yr
Tennessee	4,430	324	$941.2M	$212,467/yr
Connecticut	3,701	350	$1.0B	$277,602/yr
Indiana	2,994	346	$499.1M	$166,684/yr
Iowa	1,382	229	$203.9M	$147,553/yr
Arkansas	1,204	119	N/A	N/A
Delaware	920	89	$135.5M	$147,324/yr
Montana	574	92	N/A	N/A
South Dakota	324	72	$64.6M	$199,478/yr

Showing top 10 of 51 states

SBA Lending Activity

SBA FY2020–2026

SBA Loans Approved

Total Loan Volume

$52M

Avg Loan Size

$808K

Jobs Supported

363

Program Breakdown

7(a) 52 (81%)

504 12 (19%)

Top SBA Lender

Live Oak Banking Company

16 loans in this industry

New Business Share

6.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses

Annual Lending Trend (4 yrs)

2020

2021

2022

2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How profitable is Securities Brokerage?

IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 523120 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 15.4% net margin (IRS SOI 2013 C corp).

How many businesses are in Securities Brokerage?

21,990 business establishments.

What is the average payroll per employee in Securities Brokerage?

Average payroll data for Securities Brokerage is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.

Which states have the most Securities Brokerage employment?

New York leads with 34,462 workers. Tennessee (4,430) and Connecticut (3,701) round out the top three.

How much SBA lending does Securities Brokerage receive?

Securities Brokerage businesses received 64 SBA loans totaling $52 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $808K. These loans supported 363 jobs at origination. Most lending (81%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.

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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023

NAICS 523120 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI

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 Accessed 2026-07-06

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