Chicago, IL · Painters
Painters in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,279 painting and wall covering contractors in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 5,229 people with $372.8 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,279
3rd most of 378 US metro areas
5,229
4.1 per business, against 5.4 across all metros
$372.8 million
$71,299 per employee
91%
of businesses, against 88% across all metros
+0.4%
in the number of businesses (1,274 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for painting and wall covering contractors, 3rd of 378.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 4.1 employees each, against 5.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $71,299 per employee a year, against $55,918.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps painters in Chicago.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Room-by-room estimates
Price walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and cabinets from your own rates. Coats, primer, and patching are their own lines, so the client sees what they are paying for.
Color schedules clients confirm
VERA drafts the color and sheen list for each job and keeps reminding the client until it is confirmed, before you order paint.
A crew calendar that holds
Assign crews to jobs, spot overlaps, and move a start date in one instruction. VERA drafts the client's notice when anything changes.
Questions
Painters in Chicago
How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in Chicago?
1,279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 5,229 people and paid $372.8 million in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for painters growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,274 to 1,279 (+0.4%).
What does VERA do for painters 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.
Painters 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 painting and wall covering contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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