Virginia Beach, VA · Painters
Painters in Virginia Beach, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 222 painting and wall covering contractors in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,495 people with $89.6 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
222
38th most of 378 US metro areas
1,495
6.7 per business, against 5.4 across all metros
$89.6 million
$59,945 per employee
85%
of businesses, against 88% across all metros
+1.4%
in the number of businesses (219 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Virginia Beach.
- Virginia Beach ranks 38th of 378 US metro areas by number of painting and wall covering contractors.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 6.7 employees each, against 5.4 across all metros.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps painters in Virginia Beach.
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 Virginia Beach
How many painting and wall covering contractors are there in Virginia Beach?
222 in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,495 people and paid $89.6 million in annual payroll.
Is the Virginia Beach market for painters growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 219 to 222 (+1.4%).
What does VERA do for painters in Virginia Beach?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Virginia Beach 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 painting and wall covering contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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