San Diego, CA · Financial Advisors
Financial Advisors in San Diego, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 389 investment advice firms in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,851 people with $179 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
389
15th most of 354 US metro areas
1,851
4.8 per business, against 4.7 across all metros
$179 million
$96,696 per employee
94%
of businesses, against 93% across all metros
-4.9%
in the number of businesses (409 in 2022)
What the numbers say about San Diego.
- San Diego is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of investment advice firms, 15th of 354.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.8 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $96,696 per employee a year, against $172,784.
- The count fell by 20 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps financial advisors in San Diego.
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Questions
Financial Advisors in San Diego
How many investment advice firms are there in San Diego?
389 in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,851 people and paid $179 million in annual payroll.
Is the San Diego market for financial advisors growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 409 to 389 (-4.9%).
What does VERA do for financial advisors 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.
Financial Advisors in other markets
Other San Diego 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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