Dallas, TX · Contractors
Contractors in Dallas, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,348 residential building contractors in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 22,214 people with $2.5 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,348
11th most of 387 US metro areas
22,214
6.6 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$2.5 billion
$113,612 per employee
89%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+4.8%
in the number of businesses (3,195 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Dallas.
- Dallas is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of residential building contractors, 11th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 6.6 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $113,612 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The market grew: 153 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Dallas
How many residential building contractors are there in Dallas?
3,348 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 22,214 people and paid $2.5 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Dallas market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 3,195 to 3,348 (+4.8%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Dallas?
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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 residential building contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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