Baton Rouge, LA · Contractors
Contractors in Baton Rouge, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 356 residential building contractors in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,588 people with $105.3 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
356
103rd most of 387 US metro areas
1,588
4.5 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$105.3 million
$66,321 per employee
93%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+5.6%
in the number of businesses (337 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Baton Rouge.
- Baton Rouge ranks 103rd of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.5 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $66,321 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The market grew: 19 more businesses than in 2022.
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Contractors in Baton Rouge
How many residential building contractors are there in Baton Rouge?
356 in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,588 people and paid $105.3 million in annual payroll.
Is the Baton Rouge market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 337 to 356 (+5.6%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Baton Rouge?
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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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