South Bend, IN · Plumbers
Plumbers in South Bend, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 83 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,132 people with $81.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
83
203rd most of 387 US metro areas
1,132
13.6 per business, against 11.6 across all metros
$81.5 million
$71,976 per employee
67%
of businesses, against 76% across all metros
-2.4%
in the number of businesses (85 in 2022)
What the numbers say about South Bend.
- South Bend ranks 203rd of 387 US metro areas by number of plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 13.6 employees each, against 11.6 across all metros.
- The count fell by 2 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps plumbers in South Bend.
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Questions
Plumbers in South Bend
How many plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors are there in South Bend?
83 in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,132 people and paid $81.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the South Bend market for plumbers growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 85 to 83 (-2.4%).
What does VERA do for plumbers in South Bend?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a South Bend 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.
Plumbers in other markets
Other South Bend 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 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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