Austin, TX · Contractors

Contractors in Austin, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,629 residential building contractors in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 8,513 people with $833.9 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

1,629

25th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

8,513

5.2 per business, against 4.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$833.9 million

$97,953 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

90%

of businesses, against 91% across all metros

Change since 2022

+4.2%

in the number of businesses (1,564 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Austin.

  • Austin is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of residential building contractors, 25th of 387.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 5.2 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $97,953 per employee a year, against $73,514.
  • The market grew: 65 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Contractors in Austin

How many residential building contractors are there in Austin?

1,629 in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 8,513 people and paid $833.9 million in annual payroll.

Is the Austin market for contractors growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,564 to 1,629 (+4.2%).

What does VERA do for contractors in Austin?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Austin 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.

Contractors in other markets

Other Austin markets

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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