Where America's custom programming shops actually are, by metro

the U.S. AI economy · Data as of 2026-09-30 · ALEX Intelligence

5,171 Custom Programming Shops — New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

#	Metro	Custom Programming Shops
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	5,171
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	4,561
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	3,634
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	2,947
5	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	2,649
6	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	2,573
7	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	2,206
8	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	1,804
9	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	1,766
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	1,647

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. metros (556 ranked in total).
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
Reproduce this query: https://api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp?get=NAME%2CESTAB%2CNAICS2017_LABEL&for=metropolitan%20statistical%20area%2Fmicropolitan%20statistical%20area%3A%2A&NAICS2017=541511&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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