New York, NY · Caterers
Caterers in New York, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,307 caterers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area in 2023, employing 21,496 people with $743.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,307
1st most of 322 US metro areas
21,496
16.4 per business, against 11.8 across all metros
$743.5 million
$34,586 per employee
69%
of businesses, against 69% across all metros
+2.3%
in the number of businesses (1,277 in 2022)
What the numbers say about New York.
- New York is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for caterers, 1st of 322.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 16.4 employees each, against 11.8 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $34,586 per employee a year, against $31,170.
- The market grew: 30 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps caterers in New York.
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Questions
Caterers in New York
How many caterers are there in New York?
1,307 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 21,496 people and paid $743.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the New York market for caterers growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,277 to 1,307 (+2.3%).
What does VERA do for caterers 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.
Caterers 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 caterers, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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