New York, NY · Contractors
Contractors in New York, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 16,794 residential building contractors in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area in 2023, employing 62,670 people with $4.4 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
16,794
1st most of 387 US metro areas
62,670
3.7 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$4.4 billion
$70,404 per employee
93%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
-0.5%
in the number of businesses (16,875 in 2022)
What the numbers say about New York.
- New York is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for residential building contractors, 1st of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 3.7 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in New York
How many residential building contractors are there in New York?
16,794 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 62,670 people and paid $4.4 billion in annual payroll.
Is the New York market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 16,875 to 16,794 (-0.5%).
What does VERA do for contractors 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.
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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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