Philadelphia, PA · Contractors
Contractors in Philadelphia, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,992 residential building contractors in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 15,822 people with $1.1 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,992
8th most of 387 US metro areas
15,822
4.0 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$1.1 billion
$71,608 per employee
92%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+0.6%
in the number of businesses (3,968 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for residential building contractors, 8th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.0 employees.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Philadelphia
How many residential building contractors are there in Philadelphia?
3,992 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 15,822 people and paid $1.1 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Philadelphia market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 3,968 to 3,992 (+0.6%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Philadelphia?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Philadelphia 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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