Philadelphia, PA · Law Firms
Law Firms in Philadelphia, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,246 law offices in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 32,955 people with $4.8 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,246
9th most of 387 US metro areas
32,955
10.2 per business, against 6.9 across all metros
$4.8 billion
$144,143 per employee
79%
of businesses, against 86% across all metros
-2.1%
in the number of businesses (3,315 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for law offices, 9th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 10.2 employees each, against 6.9 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $144,143 per employee a year, against $128,457.
- The count fell by 69 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps law firms in Philadelphia.
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Questions
Law Firms in Philadelphia
How many law offices are there in Philadelphia?
3,246 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 32,955 people and paid $4.8 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Philadelphia market for law firms growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 3,315 to 3,246 (-2.1%).
What does VERA do for law firms 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.
Law Firms 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 law offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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