Employment
7,056
Total employees (Census CBP)
Finance and Insurance ·NAICS 523210
NAICS 523210 · 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 523210.
- 20.1%
- Finance and Insurance sector margin
- 7K
- Workers employed
- $227,142/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $6M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 523210
New York leads Securities and Commodity Exchanges 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)
- 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, a sector that runs a 20.1% net margin overall.
54 establishments employ 7,056 workers (130.7/location) at $227,142/yr average annual pay..
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.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $1.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 130.7
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
How profitable is Securities and Commodity Exchanges?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 523210 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Finance and Insurance sector runs a 20.1% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
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: Its Census employment total exceeds 10% of that same 801-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 workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Securities and Commodity Exchanges
- No margin data, check the parent industry. 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 523210 · 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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