Chicago, IL · Accounting Firms
Accounting Firms in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 4,171 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 44,446 people with $4.5 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
4,171
4th most of 387 US metro areas
44,446
10.7 per business, against 8.6 across all metros
$4.5 billion
$100,559 per employee
87%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
+0.3%
in the number of businesses (4,157 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, 4th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 10.7 employees each, against 8.6 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $100,559 per employee a year, against $83,159.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Accounting Firms in Chicago
How many accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices are there in Chicago?
4,171 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 44,446 people and paid $4.5 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for accounting firms growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 4,157 to 4,171 (+0.3%).
What does VERA do for accounting firms in Chicago?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Chicago 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 Chicago 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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