Providence, RI · Financial Advisors

Financial Advisors in Providence, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 92 investment advice firms in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area in 2023, employing 334 people with $30.5 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

92

52nd most of 354 US metro areas

People employed

334

3.6 per business, against 4.7 across all metros

Annual payroll

$30.5 million

$91,210 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

95%

of businesses, against 93% across all metros

Change since 2022

-8.0%

in the number of businesses (100 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Providence.

  • Providence ranks 52nd of 354 US metro areas by number of investment advice firms.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 3.6 employees each, against 4.7 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $91,210 per employee a year, against $172,784.
  • The count fell by 8 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps financial advisors in Providence.

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Discovery meetings, booked

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Documents in before the review

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Recaps from your own words

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Questions

Financial Advisors in Providence

How many investment advice firms are there in Providence?

92 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 334 people and paid $30.5 million in annual payroll.

Is the Providence market for financial advisors growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 100 to 92 (-8.0%).

What does VERA do for financial advisors in Providence?

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

Financial Advisors in other markets

Other Providence 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 investment advice firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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