Portland, OR · IT Service Providers
IT Service Providers in Portland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,157 computer systems design and IT services firms in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 10,100 people with $1.2 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,157
25th most of 384 US metro areas
10,100
8.7 per business, against 13.7 across all metros
$1.2 billion
$115,165 per employee
83%
of businesses, against 83% across all metros
-2.7%
in the number of businesses (1,189 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Portland.
- Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of computer systems design and IT services firms, 25th of 384.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 8.7 employees each, against 13.7 across all metros.
- The count fell by 32 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps it service providers in Portland.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Per-user quotes with tiers
Users and devices times your rates, with add-ons the client can choose. The client opens the quote and accepts it from a link.
Monthly agreements on autopay
Put each client's managed-service fee on automatic monthly payments once they authorize it, and invoice projects and extras alongside.
Onboarding as a project
An accepted quote becomes a project with its checklist, visits, and documents, and a secure link for what you need from the client.
Questions
IT Service Providers in Portland
How many computer systems design and IT services firms are there in Portland?
1,157 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 10,100 people and paid $1.2 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Portland market for it service providers growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 1,189 to 1,157 (-2.7%).
What does VERA do for it service providers 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.
IT Service Providers 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 computer systems design and IT services firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
See what VERA can do for your business.
Try it with the built-in demo data, no credit card, no API keys. VERA proposes the work and waits for your approval before it acts.