Fort Smith, AR · Contractors
Contractors in Fort Smith, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 87 residential building contractors in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area in 2023, employing 324 people with $16.1 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
87
268th most of 387 US metro areas
324
3.7 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$16.1 million
$49,630 per employee
92%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+8.8%
in the number of businesses (80 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Fort Smith.
- Fort Smith ranks 268th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 3.7 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $49,630 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The market grew: 7 more businesses than in 2022.
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Contractors in Fort Smith
How many residential building contractors are there in Fort Smith?
87 in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 324 people and paid $16.1 million in annual payroll.
Is the Fort Smith market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 80 to 87 (+8.8%).
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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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