Chicago, IL · Plumbers
Plumbers in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,042 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 30,761 people with $2.7 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,042
3rd most of 387 US metro areas
30,761
10.1 per business, against 11.6 across all metros
$2.7 billion
$89,076 per employee
79%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
-1.6%
in the number of businesses (3,093 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 3rd of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 10.1 employees each, against 11.6 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $89,076 per employee a year, against $75,147.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Plumbers in Chicago
How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in Chicago?
3,042 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 30,761 people and paid $2.7 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for plumbers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 3,093 to 3,042 (-1.6%).
What does VERA do for plumbers 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.
Plumbers 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 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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