Boston, MA · IT Service Providers
IT Service Providers in Boston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 2,798 computer systems design and IT services firms in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area in 2023, employing 51,898 people with $8.5 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
2,798
11th most of 384 US metro areas
51,898
18.5 per business, against 13.7 across all metros
$8.5 billion
$164,286 per employee
76%
of businesses, against 83% across all metros
-2.3%
in the number of businesses (2,865 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Boston.
- Boston is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of computer systems design and IT services firms, 11th of 384.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 18.5 employees each, against 13.7 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $164,286 per employee a year, against $123,766.
- The count fell by 67 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps it service providers in Boston.
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Questions
IT Service Providers in Boston
How many computer systems design and IT services firms are there in Boston?
2,798 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 51,898 people and paid $8.5 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Boston market for it service providers growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 2,865 to 2,798 (-2.3%).
What does VERA do for it service providers 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.
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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 computer systems design and IT services firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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