How concentrated America's custom programming shops really are, by state
the U.S. AI economy · Data as of 2026-09-11
· ALEX Intelligence
32.4%
Share of America's Custom Programming Shops in Its Top Three States — California, Texas, Florida
# State Custom Programming Shops
1 California 11,059 2 Texas 6,213 3 Florida 4,825 4 Virginia 3,984 5 New York 3,603 6 New Jersey 2,971 7 Illinois 2,853 8 Georgia 2,499 9 Colorado 2,196 10 Pennsylvania 2,129
Methodology
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 541511 (Custom computer programming services)
Measure Custom Programming Shops, ranked highest first across all U.S. states
(55 ranked in total).
How the headline figure is computed The top three units' combined count divided by the combined count of all 55 ranked units.
Universe Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage 2022
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