Los Angeles, CA · Photographers
Photographers in Los Angeles, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 694 portrait photography studios in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,635 people with $67.9 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
694
2nd most of 322 US metro areas
1,635
2.4 per business, against 3.2 across all metros
$67.9 million
$41,554 per employee
97%
of businesses, against 94% across all metros
+2.7%
in the number of businesses (676 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Los Angeles.
- Los Angeles is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for portrait photography studios, 2nd of 322.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 2.4 employees each, against 3.2 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $41,554 per employee a year, against $35,007.
- The market grew: 18 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps photographers in Los Angeles.
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Retainers and balances, collected
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Questions
Photographers in Los Angeles
How many portrait photography studios are there in Los Angeles?
694 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,635 people and paid $67.9 million in annual payroll.
Is the Los Angeles market for photographers growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 676 to 694 (+2.7%).
What does VERA do for photographers 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.
Photographers in other markets
Other Los Angeles 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 portrait photography studios, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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