New Orleans, LA · Law Firms

Law Firms in New Orleans, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,053 law offices in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,695 people with $821.1 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

1,053

30th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

7,695

7.3 per business, against 6.9 across all metros

Annual payroll

$821.1 million

$106,710 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

83%

of businesses, against 86% across all metros

Change since 2022

+1.1%

in the number of businesses (1,042 in 2022)

What the numbers say about New Orleans.

  • New Orleans is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of law offices, 30th of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 7.3 employees.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $106,710 per employee a year, against $128,457.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

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Questions

Law Firms in New Orleans

How many law offices are there in New Orleans?

1,053 in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,695 people and paid $821.1 million in annual payroll.

Is the New Orleans market for law firms growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,042 to 1,053 (+1.1%).

What does VERA do for law firms in New Orleans?

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

Law Firms in other markets

Other New Orleans 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 law offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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