New York, NY · Plumbers
Plumbers in New York, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 7,640 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area in 2023, employing 64,994 people with $5.3 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
7,640
1st most of 387 US metro areas
64,994
8.5 per business, against 11.6 across all metros
$5.3 billion
$81,547 per employee
80%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
-0.5%
in the number of businesses (7,675 in 2022)
What the numbers say about New York.
- New York is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 1st of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 8.5 employees each, against 11.6 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $81,547 per employee a year, against $75,147.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Plumbers in New York
How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in New York?
7,640 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 64,994 people and paid $5.3 billion in annual payroll.
Is the New York market for plumbers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 7,675 to 7,640 (-0.5%).
What does VERA do for plumbers 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.
Plumbers 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 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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