St. Louis, MO · Contractors
Contractors in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,581 residential building contractors in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,502 people with $459.8 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,581
26th most of 387 US metro areas
7,502
4.7 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$459.8 million
$61,289 per employee
89%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
-0.7%
in the number of businesses (1,592 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of residential building contractors, 26th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 4.7 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $61,289 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Contractors in St. Louis
How many residential building contractors are there in St. Louis?
1,581 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,502 people and paid $459.8 million in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,592 to 1,581 (-0.7%).
What does VERA do for contractors in St. Louis?
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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 residential building contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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