St. Louis, MO · Painters
Painters in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 336 painting and wall covering contractors in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,588 people with $171.9 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
336
22nd most of 378 US metro areas
2,588
7.7 per business, against 5.4 across all metros
$171.9 million
$66,431 per employee
85%
of businesses, against 88% across all metros
+2.8%
in the number of businesses (327 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of painting and wall covering contractors, 22nd of 378.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 7.7 employees each, against 5.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $66,431 per employee a year, against $55,918.
- The market grew: 9 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps painters in St. Louis.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Room-by-room estimates
Price walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and cabinets from your own rates. Coats, primer, and patching are their own lines, so the client sees what they are paying for.
Color schedules clients confirm
VERA drafts the color and sheen list for each job and keeps reminding the client until it is confirmed, before you order paint.
A crew calendar that holds
Assign crews to jobs, spot overlaps, and move a start date in one instruction. VERA drafts the client's notice when anything changes.
Questions
Painters in St. Louis
How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in St. Louis?
336 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,588 people and paid $171.9 million in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for painters growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 327 to 336 (+2.8%).
What does VERA do for painters 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.
Painters in other markets
Other St. Louis 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 painting and wall covering contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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