Boston, MA · Financial Advisors
Financial Advisors in Boston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 507 investment advice firms in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area in 2023, employing 3,787 people with $640.3 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
507
9th most of 354 US metro areas
3,787
7.5 per business, against 4.7 across all metros
$640.3 million
$169,079 per employee
89%
of businesses, against 93% across all metros
-6.3%
in the number of businesses (541 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Boston.
- Boston is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for investment advice firms, 9th of 354.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 7.5 employees each, against 4.7 across all metros.
- The count fell by 34 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps financial advisors in Boston.
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Questions
Financial Advisors in Boston
How many investment advice firms are there in Boston?
507 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 3,787 people and paid $640.3 million in annual payroll.
Is the Boston market for financial advisors growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 541 to 507 (-6.3%).
What does VERA do for financial advisors in Boston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Boston 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.
Financial Advisors in other markets
Other Boston 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 investment advice firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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