Chicago, IL · Financial Advisors
Financial Advisors in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 761 investment advice firms in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 6,823 people with $1.5 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
761
4th most of 354 US metro areas
6,823
9.0 per business, against 4.7 across all metros
$1.5 billion
$224,147 per employee
90%
of businesses, against 93% across all metros
-6.4%
in the number of businesses (813 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for investment advice firms, 4th of 354.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 9.0 employees each, against 4.7 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $224,147 per employee a year, against $172,784.
- The count fell by 52 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps financial advisors in Chicago.
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Discovery meetings, booked
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Documents in before the review
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Recaps from your own words
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Questions
Financial Advisors in Chicago
How many investment advice firms are there in Chicago?
761 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 6,823 people and paid $1.5 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for financial advisors growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 813 to 761 (-6.4%).
What does VERA do for financial advisors 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.
Financial Advisors 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 investment advice firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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