Employment
9,658
Total employees (Census CBP)
Finance and Insurance ·NAICS 523130
NAICS 523130 · IRS SOI (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Commodity Contracts Dealing - Industry Benchmarks
$426,622/yr average annual pay, with 4 SBA loans on record for NAICS 523130.
- 15.4%
- Finance and Insurance sector margin
- 10K
- Workers employed
- $426,622/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $3M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 523130
Illinois leads Commodity Contracts Dealing 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)
- 10K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $426,622/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $3M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Commodity Contracts Dealing's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Commodity Contracts Dealing 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 Commodity Contracts Dealing
Commodity Contracts Dealing sits inside Finance and Insurance, a sector that runs a 15.4% net margin overall.
799 establishments employ 9,658 workers (12.1/location) at $426,622/yr average annual pay. Illinois leads employment, followed by Texas and Connecticut.
Commodity Contracts Dealing sits in the 15th percentile for employment among 6-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$426,622/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
799
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 84; establishment count decreased by 15. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
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Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $4.1B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 12.1
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 2,948 |
| Texas | 1,244 |
| Connecticut | 831 |
| New Jersey | 348 |
| Minnesota | 184 |
| Pennsylvania | 169 |
| Kansas | 78 |
| Colorado | 59 |
| Virginia | 55 |
| Oklahoma | 7 |
Showing top 10 of 36 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
4
Total Loan Volume
$3M
Avg Loan Size
$657K
Jobs Supported
23
Program Breakdown
7(a) 4 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
The First National Bank in Sioux Falls
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
50.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (3 yrs)
2020 1
2021 2
2023 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Commodity Contracts Dealing?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 523130 level. Illinois 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 Commodity Contracts Dealing?
799 business establishments. Together they employ 9,658 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Commodity Contracts Dealing?
$426,622/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 12.1 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Commodity Contracts Dealing employment?
Illinois leads with 2,948 workers. Texas (1,244) and Connecticut (831) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Commodity Contracts Dealing receive?
Commodity Contracts Dealing businesses received 4 SBA loans totaling $3 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $657K. These loans supported 23 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Commodity Contracts Dealing, both at NAICS level 6 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Commodity Contracts Dealing ranks #684 of 801 U.S. industries at the 6-digit NAICS level by total employment.
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (9,658 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 523130 · 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
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