Ann Arbor, MI · Contractors
Contractors in Ann Arbor, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 186 residential building contractors in the Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area in 2023, employing 888 people with $53.8 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
186
176th most of 387 US metro areas
888
4.8 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$53.8 million
$60,628 per employee
85%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
-3.6%
in the number of businesses (193 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Ann Arbor.
- Ann Arbor ranks 176th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.8 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $60,628 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The count fell by 7 businesses since 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Ann Arbor
How many residential building contractors are there in Ann Arbor?
186 in the Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 888 people and paid $53.8 million in annual payroll.
Is the Ann Arbor market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 193 to 186 (-3.6%).
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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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