Baton Rouge, LA · Painters
Painters in Baton Rouge, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 55 painting and wall covering contractors in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,489 people with $68.2 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
55
126th most of 378 US metro areas
1,489
27.1 per business, against 5.4 across all metros
$68.2 million
$45,783 per employee
84%
of businesses, against 88% across all metros
+0.0%
in the number of businesses (55 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Baton Rouge.
- Baton Rouge ranks 126th of 378 US metro areas by number of painting and wall covering contractors.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 27.1 employees each, against 5.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $45,783 per employee a year, against $55,918.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps painters in Baton Rouge.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Room-by-room estimates
Price walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and cabinets from your own rates. Coats, primer, and patching are their own lines, so the client sees what they are paying for.
Color schedules clients confirm
VERA drafts the color and sheen list for each job and keeps reminding the client until it is confirmed, before you order paint.
A crew calendar that holds
Assign crews to jobs, spot overlaps, and move a start date in one instruction. VERA drafts the client's notice when anything changes.
Questions
Painters in Baton Rouge
How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in Baton Rouge?
55 in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,489 people and paid $68.2 million in annual payroll.
Is the Baton Rouge market for painters growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 55 to 55 (+0.0%).
What does VERA do for painters in Baton Rouge?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Baton Rouge 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.
Painters in other markets
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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 painting and wall covering contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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