Cleveland, OH · Consultants

Consultants in Cleveland, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 559 management consulting firms in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area in 2023, employing 6,416 people with $650.3 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

559

36th most of 386 US metro areas

People employed

6,416

11.5 per business, against 8.2 across all metros

Annual payroll

$650.3 million

$101,352 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

86%

of businesses, against 90% across all metros

Change since 2022

+4.7%

in the number of businesses (534 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Cleveland.

  • Cleveland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of management consulting firms, 36th of 386.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 11.5 employees each, against 8.2 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $101,352 per employee a year, against $125,526.
  • The market grew: 25 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Consultants in Cleveland

How many management consulting firms are there in Cleveland?

559 in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 6,416 people and paid $650.3 million in annual payroll.

Is the Cleveland market for consultants growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 534 to 559 (+4.7%).

What does VERA do for consultants in Cleveland?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Cleveland 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.

Consultants in other markets

Other Cleveland 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 management consulting firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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