Hartford, CT · Painters

Painters in Hartford, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 116 painting and wall covering contractors in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area in 2023, employing 402 people with $30.2 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

116

64th most of 378 US metro areas

People employed

402

3.5 per business, against 5.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$30.2 million

$75,229 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

94%

of businesses, against 88% across all metros

Change since 2022

-6.5%

in the number of businesses (124 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Hartford.

  • Hartford ranks 64th of 378 US metro areas by number of painting and wall covering contractors.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 3.5 employees each, against 5.4 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $75,229 per employee a year, against $55,918.
  • The count fell by 8 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps painters in Hartford.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Room-by-room estimates

Price walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and cabinets from your own rates. Coats, primer, and patching are their own lines, so the client sees what they are paying for.

Color schedules clients confirm

VERA drafts the color and sheen list for each job and keeps reminding the client until it is confirmed, before you order paint.

A crew calendar that holds

Assign crews to jobs, spot overlaps, and move a start date in one instruction. VERA drafts the client's notice when anything changes.

Questions

Painters in Hartford

How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in Hartford?

116 in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 402 people and paid $30.2 million in annual payroll.

Is the Hartford market for painters growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 124 to 116 (-6.5%).

What does VERA do for painters in Hartford?

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

Painters in other markets

Other Hartford 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 painting and wall covering contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

See what VERA can do for your business.

Try it with the built-in demo data, no credit card, no API keys. VERA proposes the work and waits for your approval before it acts.