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What sets Manchester's economy apart

The industry that stands out most in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro, measured against the national mix, is computer and electronic products. Its 89 establishments are 6.0 times the share you would expect from the country as a whole. Next come plastics and rubber products (25 establishments, 1.7 times) and couriers and delivery (35 establishments, 1.6 times). No other metro on these pages has a higher concentration of computer and electronic products, out of 58 with published figures.

Electronics deals put patents, export-control records and engineering files in front of outside reviewers.

Plastics manufacturers selling or refinancing share customer concentration data, tooling records and supply contracts. In plastics and rubber products, Manchester places 2nd of 59 metros here; Greenville, SC leads.

How Manchester compares

The Census Bureau estimated the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro's population at 430,462 in July 2024, up 7,518 or 1.8 percent on the April 2020 base of 422,944.

Measured against the 2023 estimate of 427,719, the same year as the business count, Manchester has 45.4 offices of lawyers per 100,000 residents, 43rd of the 59 metro areas on these pages against a median of 52.6; the nearest rates are Phoenix, AZ at 45.8 and Louisville, KY at 44.9.

The metro with the closest number of law offices is Wichita, KS, with 192; the metro closest in population, Anchorage, AK at 407,213 residents, has 225 law offices and 251 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll establishments.

Counted by accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms instead, Manchester's nearest match is Sioux Falls, SD, with 125.

• Residents, July 2024: 430,462
• Residents, April 2020 base: 422,944
• Change since 2020: +7,518 (1.8 percent), 36th of 59
• Law offices per 100,000 residents: 45.4, 43rd of 59
• Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll per 100,000 residents: 36.9, 45th of 59
• Securities and investment per 100,000 residents: 40.2, 29th of 59
• Managing offices per 100,000 residents: 10.3, 54th of 59
• Real estate agents and brokers per 100,000 residents: 26.4, 56th of 59
• Employees in offices of lawyers: about 1,500
• Employees in accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll: about 1,300

The courts and regulators behind Manchester paperwork

When a Manchester dispute reaches federal court, it goes to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

CPAs practicing in New Hampshire are licensed by the New Hampshire Board of Accountancy.

If personal information in a Manchester deal, audit or case file is exposed, New Hampshire's data breach notification law sets who has to be told and when.