Gig Business Market Size Across Major U.S. Metros

This table compares the 10 largest and 10 smallest freelancer business markets among the 30 metros studied. Rankings are based on the number of freelancer businesses, with business share included for context.

¹ Freelancer Businesses are businesses with no paid employees in the independent artists, writers, and performers industry. The figures count businesses, not individual freelancers.
² Business Share is the percentage of all solo businesses in the metro classified as independent artists, writers, and performers.