Industry · NAICS 2381

Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors

The United States has 106,125 employer establishments in foundation, structure and building exterior contractors (3.2 per 10,000 residents), employing 959,465 people at an average annual pay of $67,882, plus 317,990 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
106,125
317,990 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
3.2
Paid employees
959,465
Average annual pay
$67,882

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
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Rome, GA100,193812,5240.80.25×59$50,305105
2Gadsden, AL103,227911,4700.90.28×46$61,261148
3Laredo, TX271,9422510,8780.90.29×107$35,075765
4Warner Robins, GA200,7301910,5650.90.30×193$48,995230
5Florence, SC200,0222010,00110.32×137$52,752145
6Corbin, KY149,593159,97310.32×66$58,712196
7McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,096919,90210.32×1,046$50,5642,482
8Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,197169,57510.33×199$47,53838
9Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,906459,53110.33×544$54,515849
10El Centro, CA180,683199,5101.10.33×170$48,74764
11Fayetteville, NC392,345429,3421.10.34×259$52,560216
12Ithaca, NY104,453128,7041.10.36×17$70,00026
13Auburn-Opelika, AL202,368248,4321.20.38×122$46,287139
14Gulfport-Biloxi, MS422,383547,8221.30.41×423$53,225637
15Alexandria, LA148,419197,8121.30.41×246$49,415133
16Anniston-Oxford, AL116,341157,7561.30.41×64$66,094125
17Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680157,5791.30.42×37$54,05453
18Clarksville, TN-KY340,083477,2361.40.44×349$58,808336
19Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607157,1071.40.45×94$87,94749
20Albany, GA145,548216,9311.40.46×80$45,450129
21Macon-Bibb County, GA236,345356,7531.50.47×222$74,423242
22Memphis, TN-MS-AR1,342,3862036,6131.50.48×3,279$79,4071,404
23Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC629,988976,4951.50.49×584$57,271615
24Jacksonville, NC210,955336,3931.60.50×293$52,512146
25Hattiesburg, MS156,109256,2441.60.51×183$41,060182

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 $422.8M on contracts under NAICS 2381 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (1,385 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$42.9M10%
    81 awards
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$29.1M6.9%
    27 awards
  3. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$28.5M6.7%
    4 awards
  4. Jacksonville, NC$18.4M4.3%
    6 awards
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$14.4M3.4%
    28 awards
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$9.3M2.2%
    15 awards
  7. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$8.8M2.1%
    29 awards
  8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$8.4M2.0%
    13 awards
  9. Fairbanks-College, AK$7.5M1.8%
    6 awards
  10. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$7.4M1.8%
    26 awards

Counties

  1. San Bernardino County, CA$28.5M6.7%
    4 awards
  2. District of Columbia, DC$19.3M4.6%
    48 awards
  3. Onslow County, NC$18.4M4.3%
    6 awards
  4. Kings County, NY$16.6M3.9%
    3 awards
  5. Montgomery County, MD$16.3M3.8%
    11 awards
  6. Pierce County, WA$14.1M3.3%
    23 awards
  7. Allen Parish, LA$11.9M2.8%
    1 award
  8. Middlesex County, MA$8.3M2.0%
    10 awards
  9. New York County, NY$7.9M1.9%
    4 awards
  10. Tarrant County, TX$7.6M1.8%
    2 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Victorville city, CA$26.2M6.2%
    1 award
  2. New York city, NY$24.5M5.8%
    11 awards
  3. Washington city, DC$19.3M4.6%
    48 awards
  4. Gaithersburg city, MD$11.7M2.8%
    4 awards
  5. Oklahoma City city, OK$7.1M1.7%
    4 awards
  6. Fairbanks city, AK$7M1.6%
    3 awards
  7. Memphis city, TN$6.5M1.5%
    2 awards
  8. Virginia Beach city, VA$5.5M1.3%
    8 awards
  9. Mansfield city, TX$5.4M1.3%
    1 award
  10. Tallahassee city, FL$5.2M1.2%
    1 award

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)