Madison, WI · Painters
Painters in Madison, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 88 painting and wall covering contractors in the Madison, WI Metro Area in 2023, employing 436 people with $24.7 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
88
81st most of 378 US metro areas
436
5.0 per business, against 5.4 across all metros
$24.7 million
$56,567 per employee
88%
of businesses, against 88% across all metros
-2.2%
in the number of businesses (90 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Madison.
- Madison ranks 81st of 378 US metro areas by number of painting and wall covering contractors.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 5.0 employees.
- The count fell by 2 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps painters in Madison.
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 Madison
How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in Madison?
88 in the Madison, WI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 436 people and paid $24.7 million in annual payroll.
Is the Madison market for painters growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 90 to 88 (-2.2%).
What does VERA do for painters 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.
Painters in other markets
Other Madison 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.
See what VERA can do for your business.
Try it with the built-in demo data, no credit card, no API keys. VERA proposes the work and waits for your approval before it acts.