Des Moines, IA · Contractors
Contractors in Des Moines, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 449 residential building contractors in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,695 people with $106.7 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
449
80th most of 387 US metro areas
1,695
3.8 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$106.7 million
$62,975 per employee
92%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+1.6%
in the number of businesses (442 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Des Moines.
- Des Moines ranks 80th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 3.8 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $62,975 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Contractors in Des Moines
How many residential building contractors are there in Des Moines?
449 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,695 people and paid $106.7 million in annual payroll.
Is the Des Moines market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 442 to 449 (+1.6%).
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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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