National rankings · IRS SOI + Census CBP 2023

Highest-Revenue U.S. Industries

The top 25 U.S. industries by total annual receipts, drawn straight from IRS Statistics of Income and Census County Business Patterns. Switch the metric below.

$2.6T
#1: Merchant Wholesalers…
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The ranking in one line · Highest-Revenue U.S. Industries

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods leads U.S. industries by total annual receipts at $2.6T; the #25 cutoff to make this list is $321.3B (67th percentile of 75 industries at this NAICS detail).

$2.6T
#1 Merchant Wholesalers, …
$321.3B
#25, the cutoff to make this list
$2.4T
#2 Insurance Carriers and…
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industries on this list
How this ranking compares: Even the #25 industry on this list, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing at $321.3B, beats 67% of the 75 industries we track at this NAICS detail level. Calculated by ranking the #25 cutoff value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, so you can see how selective this top-25 list really is.
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Total annual receipts (revenue) · IRS Statistics of Income

# Industry Total Revenue
1 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

NAICS 424

 $2.6T
2 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

NAICS 524

 $2.4T
3 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

NAICS 324

 $2.2T
4 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

NAICS 423

 $2.0T
5 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS 336

 $1.2T
6 Chemical Manufacturing

NAICS 325

 $973.7B
7 Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

NAICS 441

 $859.8B
8 General Merchandise Stores

NAICS 452

 $705.5B
9 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

NAICS 334

 $701.6B
10 Food Manufacturing

NAICS 311

 $699.3B
11 Food and Beverage Stores

NAICS 445

 $688.3B
12 Specialty Trade Contractors

NAICS 238

 $601.1B
13 Telecommunications

NAICS 517

 $500.0B
14 Construction of Buildings

NAICS 236

 $495.7B
15 Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

NAICS 525

 $494.7B
16 Machinery Manufacturing

NAICS 333

 $492.3B
17 Administrative and Support Services

NAICS 561

 $464.8B
18 Ambulatory Health Care Services

NAICS 621

 $455.9B
19 Food Services and Drinking Places

NAICS 722

 $411.8B
20 Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

NAICS 522

 $409.7B
21 Gasoline Stations

NAICS 447

 $367.5B
22 Health and Personal Care Stores

NAICS 446

 $345.3B
23 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

NAICS 335

 $331.1B
24 Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

NAICS 523

 $327.5B
25 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

NAICS 332

 $321.3B

Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 · SBA lending data →

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