Portland, OR · Plumbers
Plumbers in Portland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 785 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 12,098 people with $1.1 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
785
28th most of 387 US metro areas
12,098
15.4 per business, against 11.6 across all metros
$1.1 billion
$91,194 per employee
75%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
+0.4%
in the number of businesses (782 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Portland.
- Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 28th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 15.4 employees each, against 11.6 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $91,194 per employee a year, against $75,147.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Plumbers in Portland
How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in Portland?
785 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 12,098 people and paid $1.1 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Portland market for plumbers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 782 to 785 (+0.4%).
What does VERA do for plumbers 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.
Plumbers 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 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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