Portland, OR · Consultants

Consultants in Portland, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 799 management consulting firms in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 4,932 people with $518 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

799

28th most of 386 US metro areas

People employed

4,932

6.2 per business, against 8.2 across all metros

Annual payroll

$518 million

$105,022 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

89%

of businesses, against 90% across all metros

Change since 2022

+4.0%

in the number of businesses (768 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Portland.

  • Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of management consulting firms, 28th of 386.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 6.2 employees each, against 8.2 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $105,022 per employee a year, against $125,526.
  • The market grew: 31 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Consultants in Portland

How many management consulting firms are there in Portland?

799 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 4,932 people and paid $518 million in annual payroll.

Is the Portland market for consultants growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 768 to 799 (+4.0%).

What does VERA do for consultants in Portland?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Portland 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.

Consultants in other markets

Other Portland 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 management consulting firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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