Memphis, TN · Contractors

Contractors in Memphis, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 310 residential building contractors in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,584 people with $117.8 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

310

116th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

1,584

5.1 per business, against 4.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$117.8 million

$74,361 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

86%

of businesses, against 91% across all metros

Change since 2022

+0.6%

in the number of businesses (308 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Memphis.

  • Memphis ranks 116th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 5.1 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

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Questions

Contractors in Memphis

How many residential building contractors are there in Memphis?

310 in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,584 people and paid $117.8 million in annual payroll.

Is the Memphis market for contractors growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 308 to 310 (+0.6%).

What does VERA do for contractors in Memphis?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Memphis 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.

Contractors in other markets

Other Memphis 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 residential building contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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