Austin, TX · Plumbers

Plumbers in Austin, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 825 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 12,459 people with $960.7 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

825

24th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

12,459

15.1 per business, against 11.6 across all metros

Annual payroll

$960.7 million

$77,110 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

78%

of businesses, against 76% across all metros

Change since 2022

+5.6%

in the number of businesses (781 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Austin.

  • Austin is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 24th of 387.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 15.1 employees each, against 11.6 across all metros.
  • The market grew: 44 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps plumbers in Austin.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Never miss another lead

When you can't pick up, especially after hours, Vera, the AI receptionist, answers the call, offers a real open slot and puts emergencies through, so the job doesn't go to the next plumber.

Fill the dispatch board

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Turn quotes into jobs

From water heaters to full repipes, VERA tracks every open quote and proposes the follow-up so estimates don't go cold.

Questions

Plumbers in Austin

How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in Austin?

825 in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 12,459 people and paid $960.7 million in annual payroll.

Is the Austin market for plumbers growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 781 to 825 (+5.6%).

What does VERA do for plumbers 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.

Plumbers 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 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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