Anchorage, AK · Contractors

Contractors in Anchorage, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 329 residential building contractors in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,410 people with $106.7 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

329

107th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

1,410

4.3 per business, against 4.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$106.7 million

$75,672 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

92%

of businesses, against 91% across all metros

Change since 2022

-4.4%

in the number of businesses (344 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Anchorage.

  • Anchorage ranks 107th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.3 employees.
  • The count fell by 15 businesses since 2022.

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Questions

Contractors in Anchorage

How many residential building contractors are there in Anchorage?

329 in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,410 people and paid $106.7 million in annual payroll.

Is the Anchorage market for contractors growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 344 to 329 (-4.4%).

What does VERA do for contractors in Anchorage?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Anchorage business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is residential building contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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