Tampa, FL · Painters

Painters in Tampa, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 562 painting and wall covering contractors in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,249 people with $99.4 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

562

14th most of 378 US metro areas

People employed

2,249

4.0 per business, against 5.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$99.4 million

$44,201 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

92%

of businesses, against 88% across all metros

Change since 2022

+2.0%

in the number of businesses (551 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Tampa.

  • Tampa is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of painting and wall covering contractors, 14th of 378.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 4.0 employees each, against 5.4 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $44,201 per employee a year, against $55,918.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps painters in Tampa.

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 Tampa

How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in Tampa?

562 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,249 people and paid $99.4 million in annual payroll.

Is the Tampa market for painters growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 551 to 562 (+2.0%).

What does VERA do for painters in Tampa?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Tampa 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 Tampa 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.

See what VERA can do for your business.

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