Los Angeles, CA · Contractors
Contractors in Los Angeles, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 7,735 residential building contractors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 35,014 people with $2.6 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
7,735
2nd most of 387 US metro areas
35,014
4.5 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$2.6 billion
$73,301 per employee
91%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+1.7%
in the number of businesses (7,604 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Los Angeles.
- Los Angeles is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for residential building contractors, 2nd of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.5 employees.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Los Angeles
How many residential building contractors are there in Los Angeles?
7,735 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 35,014 people and paid $2.6 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Los Angeles market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 7,604 to 7,735 (+1.7%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Los Angeles?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Los Angeles 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.
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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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