Orlando, FL · Caterers
Caterers in Orlando, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 116 caterers in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,166 people with $28.6 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
116
23rd most of 322 US metro areas
1,166
10.1 per business, against 11.8 across all metros
$28.6 million
$24,539 per employee
74%
of businesses, against 69% across all metros
-10.8%
in the number of businesses (130 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Orlando.
- Orlando is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of caterers, 23rd of 322.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 10.1 employees each, against 11.8 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $24,539 per employee a year, against $31,170.
- The count fell by 14 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps caterers in Orlando.
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Questions
Caterers in Orlando
How many caterers are there in Orlando?
116 in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,166 people and paid $28.6 million in annual payroll.
Is the Orlando market for caterers growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 130 to 116 (-10.8%).
What does VERA do for caterers in Orlando?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Orlando 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 Orlando 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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