Baltimore, MD · Plumbers
Plumbers in Baltimore, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 982 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 14,088 people with $1.1 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
982
20th most of 387 US metro areas
14,088
14.3 per business, against 11.6 across all metros
$1.1 billion
$76,485 per employee
70%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
-2.6%
in the number of businesses (1,008 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Baltimore.
- Baltimore is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 20th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 14.3 employees each, against 11.6 across all metros.
- The count fell by 26 businesses since 2022.
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Questions
Plumbers in Baltimore
How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in Baltimore?
982 in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 14,088 people and paid $1.1 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Baltimore market for plumbers growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 1,008 to 982 (-2.6%).
What does VERA do for plumbers in Baltimore?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Baltimore 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 Baltimore 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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