Portland, OR · Law Firms
Law Firms in Portland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,440 law offices in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 8,989 people with $982.3 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,440
21st most of 387 US metro areas
8,989
6.2 per business, against 6.9 across all metros
$982.3 million
$109,282 per employee
86%
of businesses, against 86% across all metros
-0.4%
in the number of businesses (1,446 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Portland.
- Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of law offices, 21st of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 6.2 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $109,282 per employee a year, against $128,457.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps law firms in Portland.
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Questions
Law Firms in Portland
How many law offices are there in Portland?
1,440 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 8,989 people and paid $982.3 million in annual payroll.
Is the Portland market for law firms growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,446 to 1,440 (-0.4%).
What does VERA do for law firms 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.
Law Firms 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 law offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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