Employment
N/A
Total employees (Census CBP)
Finance and Insurance ·NAICS 523140
NAICS 523140 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Commodity Contracts Brokerage - Industry Benchmarks
4 SBA loans on record, $4M in volume, for NAICS 523140.
- 20.1%
- Finance and Insurance sector margin
- N/A
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 523140
Tennessee leads Commodity Contracts Brokerage activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 20.1% net margin.
- 20.1%
- Finance and Insurance sector margin (IRS SOI)
- N/A
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Commodity Contracts Brokerage
Commodity Contracts Brokerage sits inside Finance and Insurance, a sector that runs a 20.1% net margin overall.
845 establishments employ N/A workers. Tennessee leads employment, followed by Colorado and Indiana.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
845
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
establishment count decreased by 32. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Financial Detail
Top States by Employment
Showing top 10 of 41 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
4
Total Loan Volume
$4M
Avg Loan Size
$1121K
Jobs Supported
11
Program Breakdown
7(a) 2 (50%)
504 2 (50%)
Top SBA Lender
Wessex 504 Corporation
1 loans in this industry
New Business Share
0.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (4 yrs)
2020 1
2021 1
2022 1
2024 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Commodity Contracts Brokerage?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 523140 level. Tennessee leads this industry nationally. The broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 20.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Commodity Contracts Brokerage?
845 business establishments.
What is the average payroll per employee in Commodity Contracts Brokerage?
Average payroll data for Commodity Contracts Brokerage is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Commodity Contracts Brokerage employment?
Tennessee leads with 68 workers. Colorado (39) and Indiana (34) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Commodity Contracts Brokerage receive?
Commodity Contracts Brokerage businesses received 4 SBA loans totaling $4 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1121K. These loans supported 11 jobs at origination. A significant share came through the SBA 504 program, which finances major fixed assets like real estate and equipment.
Benchmarking Commodity Contracts Brokerage
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Finance and Insurance
- 845 establishments, N/A workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 4 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 523140 · 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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