St. Louis, MO · Photographers
Photographers in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 114 portrait photography studios in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,008 people with $24.1 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
114
21st most of 322 US metro areas
1,008
8.8 per business, against 3.2 across all metros
$24.1 million
$23,896 per employee
92%
of businesses, against 94% across all metros
-0.9%
in the number of businesses (115 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of portrait photography studios, 21st of 322.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 8.8 employees each, against 3.2 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $23,896 per employee a year, against $35,007.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps photographers in St. Louis.
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Retainers and balances, collected
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Questions
Photographers in St. Louis
How many portrait photography studios are there in St. Louis?
114 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,008 people and paid $24.1 million in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for photographers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 115 to 114 (-0.9%).
What does VERA do for photographers 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.
Photographers in other markets
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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 portrait photography studios, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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