Washington contractor market
Contractor market in Washington: permits, companies, and trade benchmarks
Washington logged 858K permit records in 2023, the last fully reported year, up +17% from 2022. There are 8,085 HVAC/plumbing/electrical companies in the state, with 1,616 in the $1-25M revenue band. Largest metro: Seattle.
858K
Permit records 2023
+17% over 2022
11K
Contractors tracked
All trades
1,616
ICP companies ($1-25M)
Fractional-CFO target
26 yrs
Avg company age
Established market
Trade-by-trade breakdown, Washington
HVAC in Washington
Contractors
1,400
Median job
$19,730
Top 25%
$75,898
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Plumbing in Washington
Contractors
1,000
Median job
$27,203
Top 25%
$122,282
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Electrical in Washington
Contractors
2,200
Median job
$5,266
Top 25%
$20,019
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Roofing in Washington
Contractors
700
Median job
$21,307
Top 25%
$103,386
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Permit data from public county and state building-permit records (73.7M property records, over 400M permit records, 2022-2024). Contractor density from public company records (494M company locations). Operating benchmarks from Level's proprietary contractor benchmark dataset (2,242 contractors, $13.25B in job revenue). See the full Level Index.