San Diego, CA · Accounting Firms
Accounting Firms in San Diego, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,730 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 11,338 people with $860.4 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,730
17th most of 387 US metro areas
11,338
6.6 per business, against 8.6 across all metros
$860.4 million
$75,883 per employee
89%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
+1.1%
in the number of businesses (1,711 in 2022)
What the numbers say about San Diego.
- San Diego is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, 17th of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 6.6 employees each, against 8.6 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $75,883 per employee a year, against $83,159.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Accounting Firms in San Diego
How many accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices are there in San Diego?
1,730 in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 11,338 people and paid $860.4 million in annual payroll.
Is the San Diego market for accounting firms growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,711 to 1,730 (+1.1%).
What does VERA do for accounting firms in San Diego?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a San Diego 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.
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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 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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