Houston, TX · Painters
Painters in Houston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 283 painting and wall covering contractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,101 people with $428.8 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
283
26th most of 378 US metro areas
7,101
25.1 per business, against 5.4 across all metros
$428.8 million
$60,387 per employee
78%
of businesses, against 88% across all metros
+1.4%
in the number of businesses (279 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Houston.
- Houston is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of painting and wall covering contractors, 26th of 378.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 25.1 employees each, against 5.4 across all metros.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps painters in Houston.
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 Houston
How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in Houston?
283 in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,101 people and paid $428.8 million in annual payroll.
Is the Houston market for painters growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 279 to 283 (+1.4%).
What does VERA do for painters in Houston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Houston 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 Houston 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.
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