Fort Wayne, IN · Contractors
Contractors in Fort Wayne, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 298 residential building contractors in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,384 people with $80.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
298
120th most of 387 US metro areas
1,384
4.6 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$80.5 million
$58,159 per employee
89%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+3.8%
in the number of businesses (287 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Fort Wayne.
- Fort Wayne ranks 120th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.6 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $58,159 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The market grew: 11 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Fort Wayne
How many residential building contractors are there in Fort Wayne?
298 in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,384 people and paid $80.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the Fort Wayne market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 287 to 298 (+3.8%).
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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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