St. Louis, MO · Law Firms
Law Firms in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,393 law offices in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 10,509 people with $1.2 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,393
23rd most of 387 US metro areas
10,509
7.5 per business, against 6.9 across all metros
$1.2 billion
$117,391 per employee
86%
of businesses, against 86% across all metros
-1.2%
in the number of businesses (1,410 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of law offices, 23rd of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 7.5 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $117,391 per employee a year, against $128,457.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps law firms in St. Louis.
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Questions
Law Firms in St. Louis
How many law offices are there in St. Louis?
1,393 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 10,509 people and paid $1.2 billion in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for law firms growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,410 to 1,393 (-1.2%).
What does VERA do for law firms in St. Louis?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a St. Louis 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.
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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 law offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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