Profit Margin
2.0%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Finance and Insurance ·NAICS 5232
NAICS 5232 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Securities and Commodity Exchanges - Industry Benchmarks
$227,142/yr average annual pay, with 10 SBA loans on record for NAICS 5232.
- 2.0%
- Net margin
- 7K
- Workers employed
- $227,142/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $6M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 5232
Securities and Commodity Exchanges runs a 2.0% pre-tax net margin - significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors - across 54 establishments employing 7K workers.
- 2.0%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 7K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $227,142/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $6M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Securities and Commodity Exchanges
Securities and Commodity Exchanges sits inside Finance and Insurance at a 2.0% net margin (significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors), $4.1B in aggregate receipts across 1,912 returns, averaging $2.2B per establishment.
54 establishments employ 7,056 workers (130.7/location) at $227,142/yr average annual pay..
Total Receipts
$4.1B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$84.6M
Pre-tax net income
Employment
7,056
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$227,142/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
54
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 786; establishment count increased by 1. 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 Exchanges revenue goes
Workforce scale
Securities and Commodity Exchanges margin vs national reference points
Securities and Commodity Exchanges net margin 6.8%
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
1,912 returns 100%
Margin: 2.0% · Receipts: $4.1B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 1,912
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $2.2B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $1.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 130.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Securities and Commodity Exchanges NAICS 52321 | N/A |
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
10
Total Loan Volume
$6M
Avg Loan Size
$599K
Jobs Supported
37
Program Breakdown
7(a) 10 (100%)
504 0 (0%)
Top SBA Lender
Byline Bank
3 loans in this industry
New Business Share
10.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (3 yrs)
2022 4
2023 4
2025 2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Securities and Commodity Exchanges?
$4.1B in total annual receipts across all Securities and Commodity Exchanges businesses. Average per business: $2.2B.
How profitable is Securities and Commodity Exchanges?
2.0% net profit margin, significantly below average, typical of high-volume, low-margin sectors.
How many businesses are in Securities and Commodity Exchanges?
54 business establishments. Together they employ 7,056 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Securities and Commodity Exchanges?
$227,142/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 130.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Securities and Commodity Exchanges employment?
State-level employment data for Securities and Commodity Exchanges is not available in the current dataset.
How much SBA lending does Securities and Commodity Exchanges receive?
Securities and Commodity Exchanges businesses received 10 SBA loans totaling $6 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $599K. These loans supported 37 jobs at origination. Most lending (100%) 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 Exchanges reports a higher net margin than 17% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 2% of that same 259-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 reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Securities and Commodity Exchanges
- Net margin: 2.0% vs sector. Browse Finance and Insurance
- 54 establishments, 7,056 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 10 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 5232 · 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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