San Francisco, CA · Caterers
Caterers in San Francisco, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 359 caterers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 5,428 people with $213.4 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
359
5th most of 322 US metro areas
5,428
15.1 per business, against 11.8 across all metros
$213.4 million
$39,311 per employee
67%
of businesses, against 69% across all metros
-2.7%
in the number of businesses (369 in 2022)
What the numbers say about San Francisco.
- San Francisco is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for caterers, 5th of 322.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 15.1 employees each, against 11.8 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $39,311 per employee a year, against $31,170.
- The count fell by 10 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps caterers in San Francisco.
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Questions
Caterers in San Francisco
How many caterers are there in San Francisco?
359 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 5,428 people and paid $213.4 million in annual payroll.
Is the San Francisco market for caterers growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 369 to 359 (-2.7%).
What does VERA do for caterers 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.
Caterers 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 caterers, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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