Charleston, SC · Contractors
Contractors in Charleston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 652 residential building contractors in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,990 people with $275 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
652
56th most of 387 US metro areas
2,990
4.6 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$275 million
$91,983 per employee
90%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+2.8%
in the number of businesses (634 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Charleston.
- Charleston ranks 56th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.6 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $91,983 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The market grew: 18 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Charleston
How many residential building contractors are there in Charleston?
652 in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,990 people and paid $275 million in annual payroll.
Is the Charleston market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 634 to 652 (+2.8%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Charleston?
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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 residential building contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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