Birmingham, AL · Contractors

Contractors in Birmingham, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 482 residential building contractors in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,872 people with $238.7 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

482

75th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

2,872

6.0 per business, against 4.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$238.7 million

$83,127 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

88%

of businesses, against 91% across all metros

Change since 2022

+0.6%

in the number of businesses (479 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Birmingham.

  • Birmingham ranks 75th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 6.0 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $83,127 per employee a year, against $73,514.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

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Questions

Contractors in Birmingham

How many residential building contractors are there in Birmingham?

482 in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,872 people and paid $238.7 million in annual payroll.

Is the Birmingham market for contractors growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 479 to 482 (+0.6%).

What does VERA do for contractors 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.

Contractors 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 residential building contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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