Madison, WI · Contractors
Contractors in Madison, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 424 residential building contractors in the Madison, WI Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,333 people with $165 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
424
85th most of 387 US metro areas
2,333
5.5 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$165 million
$70,705 per employee
87%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
-1.4%
in the number of businesses (430 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Madison.
- Madison ranks 85th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 5.5 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Madison
How many residential building contractors are there in Madison?
424 in the Madison, WI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,333 people and paid $165 million in annual payroll.
Is the Madison market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 430 to 424 (-1.4%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Madison?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Madison 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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