Dallas, TX · Accounting Firms

Accounting Firms in Dallas, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 3,263 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 36,172 people with $3.3 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

3,263

5th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

36,172

11.1 per business, against 8.6 across all metros

Annual payroll

$3.3 billion

$91,481 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

87%

of businesses, against 87% across all metros

Change since 2022

+3.8%

in the number of businesses (3,144 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Dallas.

  • Dallas is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, 5th of 387.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 11.1 employees each, against 8.6 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $91,481 per employee a year, against $83,159.
  • The market grew: 119 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Accounting Firms in Dallas

How many accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices are there in Dallas?

3,263 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 36,172 people and paid $3.3 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Dallas market for accounting firms growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 3,144 to 3,263 (+3.8%).

What does VERA do for accounting firms in Dallas?

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

Accounting Firms in other markets

Other Dallas 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 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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