San Francisco, CA · Accounting Firms
Accounting Firms in San Francisco, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 2,094 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 20,220 people with $2.4 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
2,094
11th most of 387 US metro areas
20,220
9.7 per business, against 8.6 across all metros
$2.4 billion
$116,647 per employee
86%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
-1.8%
in the number of businesses (2,133 in 2022)
What the numbers say about San Francisco.
- San Francisco is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, 11th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 9.7 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $116,647 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 Francisco
How many accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices are there in San Francisco?
2,094 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 20,220 people and paid $2.4 billion in annual payroll.
Is the San Francisco market for accounting firms growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 2,133 to 2,094 (-1.8%).
What does VERA do for accounting firms in San Francisco?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a San Francisco 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.
Accounting Firms in other markets
Other San Francisco 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 accounting, tax preparation and bookkeeping offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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