Minneapolis, MN · Plumbers

Plumbers in Minneapolis, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,015 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area in 2023, employing 12,976 people with $1.1 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

1,015

19th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

12,976

12.8 per business, against 11.6 across all metros

Annual payroll

$1.1 billion

$88,097 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

75%

of businesses, against 76% across all metros

Change since 2022

-1.0%

in the number of businesses (1,025 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Minneapolis.

  • Minneapolis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 19th of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 12.8 employees.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $88,097 per employee a year, against $75,147.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps plumbers in Minneapolis.

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Questions

Plumbers in Minneapolis

How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in Minneapolis?

1,015 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 12,976 people and paid $1.1 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Minneapolis market for plumbers growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,025 to 1,015 (-1.0%).

What does VERA do for plumbers in Minneapolis?

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