Houston, TX · Contractors
Contractors in Houston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 2,683 residential building contractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 16,889 people with $1.7 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
2,683
14th most of 387 US metro areas
16,889
6.3 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$1.7 billion
$100,057 per employee
91%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+0.9%
in the number of businesses (2,659 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Houston.
- Houston is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of residential building contractors, 14th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 6.3 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $100,057 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Houston
How many residential building contractors are there in Houston?
2,683 in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 16,889 people and paid $1.7 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Houston market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 2,659 to 2,683 (+0.9%).
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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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