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What sets Oklahoma City's economy apart

Compared with the United States as a whole, the Oklahoma City, OK metro has an unusually large share of its businesses in oil and gas extraction: 293 establishments, 12.4 times the national share. Next come oilfield and mining support services (459 establishments, 8.4 times) and heavy and civil engineering construction (248 establishments, 1.4 times). No other metro on these pages has a higher concentration of oil and gas extraction, out of 30 with published figures.

Lease acquisitions, working-interest sales and reserve-based lending all run on title files, reserve reports and joint operating agreements.

Service-company sales and refinancings depend on master service agreements, fleet records and safety files. In oilfield and mining support services, Oklahoma City leads every metro on these pages.

How Oklahoma City compares

The Census Bureau estimated the Oklahoma City, OK metro's population at 1,497,821 in July 2024, up 72,089 or 5.1 percent on the April 2020 base of 1,425,732.

Measured against the 2023 estimate of 1,481,480, the same year as the business count, Oklahoma City has 78.0 offices of lawyers per 100,000 residents, 6th of the 59 metro areas on these pages against a median of 52.6; the nearest rates are San Diego, CA at 77.2 and Charleston, WV at 80.3.

The metro with the closest number of law offices is San Antonio, TX, with 1,188; the metro closest in population, Raleigh, NC at 1,562,009 residents, has 736 law offices and 599 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll establishments.

Counted by accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms instead, Oklahoma City's nearest match is Indianapolis, IN, with 714.

• Residents, July 2024: 1,497,821
• Residents, April 2020 base: 1,425,732
• Change since 2020: +72,089 (5.1 percent), 18th of 59
• Law offices per 100,000 residents: 78.0, 6th of 59
• Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll per 100,000 residents: 52.5, 9th of 59
• Securities and investment per 100,000 residents: 39.4, 30th of 59
• Managing offices per 100,000 residents: 11.8, 48th of 59
• Real estate agents and brokers per 100,000 residents: 53.3, 31st of 59
• Employees in offices of lawyers: about 4,900
• Employees in accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll: about 5,000

The courts and regulators behind Oklahoma City paperwork

When an Oklahoma City dispute reaches federal court, it goes to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

CPAs practicing in Oklahoma are licensed by the Oklahoma Accountancy Board.

At state level, securities offerings and investment advisers in Oklahoma answer to the Oklahoma Department of Securities, so an Oklahoma City fund raising money or an adviser facing an exam has documents to produce on request.

If personal information in an Oklahoma City deal, audit or case file is exposed, Oklahoma's data breach notification law sets who has to be told and when.