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Size of the US Commodity Contracts Brokerage industry

NAICS 52314, Commodity Contracts Brokerage. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld. This is a NAICS 2017 code that the 2022 edition replaced; the Census surveys that still publish on the 2017 basis keep it alive.

Key figures

Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)
$5.5 billion
2017 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Employment
12,630
2023 · County Business Patterns
Paid employees in the pay period including March 12
Establishments
845
2023 · County Business Patterns
Firms
848
2017 · Economic Census
Annual payroll
$3.3 billion
2023 · County Business Patterns

Over time

How it has changed

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 8,249 · 2021-Q4
2019-Q1: 8,5162019-Q2: 8,6292019-Q3: 8,5552019-Q4: 8,5702020-Q1: 8,1402020-Q2: 8,1082020-Q3: 7,9892020-Q4: 8,2442021-Q1: 8,1362021-Q2: 8,2922021-Q3: 8,0672021-Q4: 8,249
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
2021-Q48,249
2021-Q38,067
2021-Q28,292
2021-Q18,136
2020-Q48,244
2020-Q37,989
2020-Q28,108
2020-Q18,140
2019-Q48,570
2019-Q38,555
2019-Q28,629
2019-Q18,516

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Employment · County Business PatternsLatest 12,630 · 2023
2017: 9,2112018: 8,6532019: 8,4512020: 8,2962021: 8,1422022: 7,6242023: 12,630
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
202312,630
20227,624
20218,142
20208,296
20198,451
20188,653
20179,211

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns · Paid employees in the pay period including March 12

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 1,449 · 2021-Q4
2019-Q1: 1,4142019-Q2: 1,4142019-Q3: 1,4122019-Q4: 1,4092020-Q1: 1,3792020-Q2: 1,3842020-Q3: 1,3912020-Q4: 1,3972021-Q1: 1,3992021-Q2: 1,4172021-Q3: 1,4272021-Q4: 1,449
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
2021-Q41,449
2021-Q31,427
2021-Q21,417
2021-Q11,399
2020-Q41,397
2020-Q31,391
2020-Q21,384
2020-Q11,379
2019-Q41,409
2019-Q31,412
2019-Q21,414
2019-Q11,414

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Establishments · County Business PatternsLatest 845 · 2023
2017: 9912018: 9762019: 9682020: 9512021: 9112022: 8772023: 845
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
2023845
2022877
2021911
2020951
2019968
2018976
2017991

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $391.3 million · 2021-Q4
2019-Q1: $472.7 million2019-Q2: $319.8 million2019-Q3: $307.8 million2019-Q4: $351.7 million2020-Q1: $472.1 million2020-Q2: $335.0 million2020-Q3: $293.3 million2020-Q4: $365.0 million2021-Q1: $559.8 million2021-Q2: $362.3 million2021-Q3: $341.6 million2021-Q4: $391.3 million
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
2021-Q4$391.3 million
2021-Q3$341.6 million
2021-Q2$362.3 million
2021-Q1$559.8 million
2020-Q4$365.0 million
2020-Q3$293.3 million
2020-Q2$335.0 million
2020-Q1$472.1 million
2019-Q4$351.7 million
2019-Q3$307.8 million
2019-Q2$319.8 million
2019-Q1$472.7 million

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Annual payroll · County Business PatternsLatest $3.3 billion · 2023
2017: $1.4 billion2018: $1.4 billion2019: $1.3 billion2020: $1.3 billion2021: $1.4 billion2022: $1.6 billion2023: $3.3 billion
Show the numbers
PeriodValue
2023$3.3 billion
2022$1.6 billion
2021$1.4 billion
2020$1.3 billion
2019$1.3 billion
2018$1.4 billion
2017$1.4 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages8,2492021-Q42019-Q1–2021-Q4 · 12 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages1,4492021-Q42019-Q1–2021-Q4 · 12 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$391.3 million2021-Q42019-Q1–2021-Q4 · 12 published
Annual payrollCounty Business Patterns$3.3 billion20232017–2023 · 7 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12County Business Patterns12,63020232017–2023 · 7 published
EstablishmentsCounty Business Patterns84520232017–2023 · 7 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$1.4 billion20172017–2017 · 1 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census10,06020172017–2017 · 1 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census98020172017–2017 · 1 published
FirmsEconomic Census84820172017–2017 · 1 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$5.5 billion20172017–2017 · 1 published

Breakdown

Industries within Commodity Contracts Brokerage

NAICSIndustrySizeEmployment
523140Commodity Contracts Brokerage$5.5 billionReceipts · 2017 · Economic Census12,6302023 · CBP

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.