Industry · NAICS 2382

Building equipment contractors

The United States has 202,656 employer establishments in building equipment contractors (6 per 10,000 residents), employing 2,381,266 people at an average annual pay of $75,980, plus 385,453 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
202,656
385,453 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
6
Paid employees
2,381,266
Average annual pay
$75,980

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Building equipment contractors by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0962323,8842.60.43×1,836$49,6973,065
2Wheeling, WV-OH135,690353,8772.60.43×483$56,15964
3Corbin, KY149,593393,8362.60.43×286$119,570224
4Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,9061133,7962.60.44×806$44,7361,015
5Ann Arbor, MI367,8451113,31430.50×1,561$83,566178
6Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,889463,30230.50×1,017$58,73379
7Lumberton, NC118,005373,1893.10.52×274$59,697238
8Laredo, TX271,942873,1263.20.53×738$41,072643
9State College, PA158,739513,1133.20.53×535$53,779129
10Morristown, TN124,431403,1113.20.53×251$57,649190
11El Centro, CA180,683593,0623.30.54×508$67,648207
12Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,197513,0043.30.55×355$71,03159
13Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680382,9923.30.56×403$62,35567
14Dalton, GA145,315492,9663.40.56×671$57,967212
15Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607362,9613.40.56×462$67,33374
16Ithaca, NY104,453362,9013.40.57×307$73,43050
17Bay City, MI102,693362,8533.50.58×485$70,11559
18Kenosha, WI167,852592,8453.50.58×686$81,676119
19Hattiesburg, MS156,109562,7883.60.60×469$53,486218
20Merced, CA294,3191062,7773.60.60×744$59,239150
21Watertown-Fort Drum, NY113,280412,7633.60.60×313$77,87596
22Warner Robins, GA200,730732,7503.60.60×610$51,633218
23Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA181,422662,7493.60.60×479$57,330118
24Columbus, GA-AL323,9621182,7453.60.61×1,330$49,418280
25Lima, OH100,810372,7253.70.61×622$63,29967

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $2.1B on contracts under NAICS 2382 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (8,132 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$210.2M10%
    774 awards
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$73.4M3.5%
    218 awards
  3. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$67.1M3.2%
    224 awards
  4. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$55.3M2.6%
    66 awards
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$50.4M2.4%
    110 awards
  6. Jacksonville, NC$42.4M2.0%
    39 awards
  7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$42.3M2.0%
    120 awards
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$40.9M2.0%
    57 awards
  9. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$33.7M1.6%
    125 awards
  10. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$31.2M1.5%
    78 awards

Counties

  1. Arlington County, VA$86.9M4.2%
    31 awards
  2. District of Columbia, DC$61.4M2.9%
    392 awards
  3. DeKalb County, GA$49M2.3%
    24 awards
  4. Onslow County, NC$42.4M2.0%
    39 awards
  5. San Diego County, CA$42.3M2.0%
    120 awards
  6. Harris County, TX$40.9M2.0%
    49 awards
  7. Philadelphia County, PA$33.3M1.6%
    53 awards
  8. Dallas County, TX$27.5M1.3%
    49 awards
  9. Bronx County, NY$26.4M1.3%
    10 awards
  10. Cook County, IL$26.3M1.3%
    56 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Arlington CDP, VA$86.9M4.2%
    31 awards
  2. Washington city, DC$61.4M2.9%
    392 awards
  3. New York city, NY$45.6M2.2%
    106 awards
  4. Houston city, TX$40.4M1.9%
    41 awards
  5. Philadelphia city, PA$33.3M1.6%
    53 awards
  6. Chamblee city, GA$23.8M1.1%
    15 awards
  7. St. Louis city, MO$23.5M1.1%
    27 awards
  8. North Chicago city, IL$22M1.1%
    28 awards
  9. Norfolk city, VA$21.9M1.0%
    37 awards
  10. San Antonio city, TX$18.3M0.9%
    43 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)