Raleigh, NC · Contractors
Contractors in Raleigh, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,249 residential building contractors in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area in 2023, employing 6,830 people with $583 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,249
30th most of 387 US metro areas
6,830
5.5 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$583 million
$85,364 per employee
89%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+2.6%
in the number of businesses (1,217 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Raleigh.
- Raleigh is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of residential building contractors, 30th of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 5.5 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $85,364 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The market grew: 32 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Raleigh
How many residential building contractors are there in Raleigh?
1,249 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 6,830 people and paid $583 million in annual payroll.
Is the Raleigh market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,217 to 1,249 (+2.6%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Raleigh?
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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 residential building contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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