Seattle, WA · Consultants

Consultants in Seattle, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,539 management consulting firms in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 19,438 people with $2.9 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

1,539

17th most of 386 US metro areas

People employed

19,438

12.6 per business, against 8.2 across all metros

Annual payroll

$2.9 billion

$150,334 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

88%

of businesses, against 90% across all metros

Change since 2022

+7.1%

in the number of businesses (1,437 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Seattle.

  • Seattle is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of management consulting firms, 17th of 386.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 12.6 employees each, against 8.2 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $150,334 per employee a year, against $125,526.
  • The market grew: 102 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Consultants in Seattle

How many management consulting firms are there in Seattle?

1,539 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 19,438 people and paid $2.9 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Seattle market for consultants growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,437 to 1,539 (+7.1%).

What does VERA do for consultants in Seattle?

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

Consultants in other markets

Other Seattle 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 management consulting firms, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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