Erie, PA · Accounting Firms

Accounting Firms in Erie, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 71 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices in the Erie, PA Metro Area in 2023, employing 556 people with $35.4 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

71

227th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

556

7.8 per business, against 8.6 across all metros

Annual payroll

$35.4 million

$63,651 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

80%

of businesses, against 87% across all metros

Change since 2022

+1.4%

in the number of businesses (70 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Erie.

  • Erie ranks 227th of 387 US metro areas by number of accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 7.8 employees.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $63,651 per employee a year, against $83,159.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

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Questions

Accounting Firms in Erie

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

71 in the Erie, PA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 556 people and paid $35.4 million in annual payroll.

Is the Erie market for accounting firms growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 70 to 71 (+1.4%).

What does VERA do for accounting firms in Erie?

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