Chicago, IL · Contractors
Contractors in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 6,612 residential building contractors in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 17,986 people with $1.2 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
6,612
3rd most of 387 US metro areas
17,986
2.7 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$1.2 billion
$64,571 per employee
96%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
-0.2%
in the number of businesses (6,625 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for residential building contractors, 3rd of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 2.7 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $64,571 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Chicago
How many residential building contractors are there in Chicago?
6,612 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 17,986 people and paid $1.2 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 6,625 to 6,612 (-0.2%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Chicago?
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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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