Philadelphia, PA · Financial Advisors
Financial Advisors in Philadelphia, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 563 investment advice firms in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 3,445 people with $500.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
563
6th most of 354 US metro areas
3,445
6.1 per business, against 4.7 across all metros
$500.5 million
$145,288 per employee
92%
of businesses, against 93% across all metros
-3.8%
in the number of businesses (585 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for investment advice firms, 6th of 354.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 6.1 employees each, against 4.7 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $145,288 per employee a year, against $172,784.
- The count fell by 22 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps financial advisors in Philadelphia.
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Questions
Financial Advisors in Philadelphia
How many investment advice firms are there in Philadelphia?
563 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 3,445 people and paid $500.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the Philadelphia market for financial advisors growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 585 to 563 (-3.8%).
What does VERA do for financial advisors 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.
Financial Advisors in other markets
Other Philadelphia 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 investment advice firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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