Industry · NAICS 8129

Other personal services

The United States has 62,812 employer establishments in other personal services (1.9 per 10,000 residents), employing 394,520 people at an average annual pay of $32,181, plus 947,955 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
62,812
947,955 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
1.9
Paid employees
394,520
Average annual pay
$32,181

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
Other personal services by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA199,497539,8990.30.13×17$23,882394
2Laredo, TX271,942930,2160.30.18×42$21,119590
3Decatur, AL158,918626,4860.40.20×21$23,571400
4Jackson, TN182,442822,8050.40.24×97$26,165546
5Merced, CA294,3191322,6400.40.24×61$35,557302
6Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,9062021,4450.50.25×51$25,8431,163
7Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607521,3210.50.25×7$26,429188
8Alexandria, LA148,419721,2030.50.25×26$24,000364
9Visalia, CA480,8162320,9050.50.26×106$32,679549
10Hammond, LA138,101719,7290.50.27×23$23,739384
11Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680618,9470.50.28×16$30,188231
12Bakersfield-Delano, CA917,5994918,7270.50.29×243$26,3461,433
13Yuba City, CA184,4021018,4400.50.29×19$33,684250
14McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0964918,3900.50.29×278$23,4712,833
15LaGrange, GA-AL105,739617,6230.60.30×59$18,475377
16Tuscaloosa, AL279,7561617,4850.60.31×122$20,689836
17Hattiesburg, MS156,109917,3450.60.31×49$22,469295
18Yakima, WA257,3141517,1540.60.31×85$34,141233
19Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,197917,0220.60.31×32$34,250181
20Odessa, TX165,9461016,5950.60.32×79$24,696512
21El Centro, CA180,6831116,4260.60.33×44$30,159279
22Watertown-Fort Drum, NY113,280716,1830.60.33×21$20,476184
23Albany, GA145,548916,1720.60.33×20$19,250595
24Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH368,3272316,0140.60.33×103$21,175718
25Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ223,5861415,9700.60.34×47$22,936498

1–25 of 388 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 $90.2M on contracts under NAICS 8129 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (710 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$32.3M36%
    197 awards
  2. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$3.6M4.0%
    9 awards
  3. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$3.5M3.9%
    8 awards
  4. Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$3.5M3.9%
    4 awards
  5. Knoxville, TN$3.5M3.8%
    4 awards
  6. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$3.3M3.7%
    7 awards
  7. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$2.7M3.0%
    4 awards
  8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$2.4M2.6%
    16 awards
  9. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$2.3M2.6%
    8 awards
  10. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$2.2M2.5%
    14 awards

Counties

  1. District of Columbia, DC$20M22%
    142 awards
  2. Montgomery County, MD$9.7M11%
    32 awards
  3. San Diego County, CA$3.5M3.9%
    8 awards
  4. Moore County, NC$3.5M3.9%
    4 awards
  5. Loudon County, TN$3.5M3.8%
    4 awards
  6. Baltimore city, MD$3.2M3.6%
    4 awards
  7. Clark County, NV$2.7M3.0%
    4 awards
  8. Bexar County, TX$2.4M2.7%
    5 awards
  9. Philadelphia County, PA$2.4M2.6%
    15 awards
  10. Los Angeles County, CA$2.2M2.5%
    14 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Washington city, DC$20M22%
    142 awards
  2. Bethesda CDP, MD$5M5.5%
    15 awards
  3. San Diego city, CA$3.5M3.9%
    8 awards
  4. Baltimore city, MD$3.2M3.6%
    4 awards
  5. San Antonio city, TX$2.4M2.7%
    5 awards
  6. Philadelphia city, PA$2.4M2.6%
    15 awards
  7. Dallas city, TX$1.9M2.1%
    6 awards
  8. Alexandria city, VA$1.6M1.8%
    2 awards
  9. Silver Spring CDP, MD$1.4M1.5%
    5 awards
  10. Detroit city, MI$1.2M1.4%
    4 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)