New Orleans, LA · Contractors
Contractors in New Orleans, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 380 residential building contractors in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,586 people with $83.8 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
380
95th most of 387 US metro areas
1,586
4.2 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$83.8 million
$52,813 per employee
92%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
-2.8%
in the number of businesses (391 in 2022)
What the numbers say about New Orleans.
- New Orleans ranks 95th of 387 US metro areas by number of residential building contractors.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.2 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $52,813 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The count fell by 11 businesses since 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in New Orleans
How many residential building contractors are there in New Orleans?
380 in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,586 people and paid $83.8 million in annual payroll.
Is the New Orleans market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 391 to 380 (-2.8%).
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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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