Birmingham, AL · Accounting Firms

Accounting Firms in Birmingham, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 450 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area in 2023, employing 3,820 people with $248.4 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

450

52nd most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

3,820

8.5 per business, against 8.6 across all metros

Annual payroll

$248.4 million

$65,026 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

86%

of businesses, against 87% across all metros

Change since 2022

-2.0%

in the number of businesses (459 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Birmingham.

  • Birmingham ranks 52nd of 387 US metro areas by number of accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 8.5 employees.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $65,026 per employee a year, against $83,159.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

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Questions

Accounting Firms in Birmingham

How many accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices are there in Birmingham?

450 in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 3,820 people and paid $248.4 million in annual payroll.

Is the Birmingham market for accounting firms growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 459 to 450 (-2.0%).

What does VERA do for accounting firms in Birmingham?

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

Accounting Firms in other markets

Other Birmingham 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 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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