New York, NY · Accounting Firms
Accounting Firms in New York, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 9,905 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area in 2023, employing 107,316 people with $12.7 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
9,905
1st most of 387 US metro areas
107,316
10.8 per business, against 8.6 across all metros
$12.7 billion
$118,667 per employee
88%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
+0.5%
in the number of businesses (9,852 in 2022)
What the numbers say about New York.
- New York is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, 1st of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 10.8 employees each, against 8.6 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $118,667 per employee a year, against $83,159.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Accounting Firms in New York
How many accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices are there in New York?
9,905 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 107,316 people and paid $12.7 billion in annual payroll.
Is the New York market for accounting firms growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 9,852 to 9,905 (+0.5%).
What does VERA do for accounting firms in New York?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a New York 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.
Accounting Firms in other markets
Other New York 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 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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