Los Angeles, CA · Plumbers
Plumbers in Los Angeles, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,793 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 39,381 people with $3.3 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,793
2nd most of 387 US metro areas
39,381
10.4 per business, against 11.6 across all metros
$3.3 billion
$82,552 per employee
81%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
+3.0%
in the number of businesses (3,681 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Los Angeles.
- Los Angeles is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 2nd of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 10.4 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $82,552 per employee a year, against $75,147.
- The market grew: 112 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Plumbers in Los Angeles
How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in Los Angeles?
3,793 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 39,381 people and paid $3.3 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Los Angeles market for plumbers growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 3,681 to 3,793 (+3.0%).
What does VERA do for plumbers 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.
Plumbers 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 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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