Raleigh, NC · Financial Advisors

Financial Advisors in Raleigh, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 144 investment advice firms in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area in 2023, employing 808 people with $152.1 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

144

36th most of 354 US metro areas

People employed

808

5.6 per business, against 4.7 across all metros

Annual payroll

$152.1 million

$188,233 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

97%

of businesses, against 93% across all metros

Change since 2022

-3.4%

in the number of businesses (149 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Raleigh.

  • Raleigh ranks 36th of 354 US metro areas by number of investment advice firms.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 5.6 employees each, against 4.7 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $188,233 per employee a year, against $172,784.
  • The count fell by 5 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps financial advisors in Raleigh.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

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 Raleigh

How many investment advice firms are there in Raleigh?

144 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 808 people and paid $152.1 million in annual payroll.

Is the Raleigh market for financial advisors growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 149 to 144 (-3.4%).

What does VERA do for financial advisors in Raleigh?

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