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Virtual data rooms in Vermont

Virtual data rooms for Vermont firms

Vermont has 243 real estate offices, 284 accounting and tax firms, 344 law offices and 228 securities and investment firms with paid employees. Its breach notice rule runs on forty-five days. ShareAndGo is a virtual data room for the documents these firms share during deals, audits and legal matters.

The firms that share confidential documents in Vermont

County Business Patterns counted 20,841 employer establishments in Vermont in 2023. Set against the other states and DC by population, Vermont places 14th for accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, at 43.8 per 100,000, 24th for securities and investment firms, at 35.1, and 31st for offices of real estate agents and brokers, at 37.5. Law offices number 344, or 53.0 per 100,000, which is 16th.

These are mostly small businesses. 238 of the state's law offices and 168 of its securities and investment firms have fewer than five employees.

  • Offices of lawyers: 344
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services: 284
  • Securities and investment firms: 228
  • Corporate and regional managing offices: 58
  • Offices of real estate agents and brokers: 243

Where those firms are

The Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro has 117 of Vermont's 344 law offices, 34 percent, and our Burlington page goes through its figures in detail.

By county, Chittenden County leads with 104 law offices, ahead of Rutland County (42), Washington County (40) and Windsor County (40). Those four hold 66 percent of the state's total.

What sets Burlington apart

Against the national mix, Burlington runs heaviest in beverage manufacturing: 32 establishments, 3.1 times the share you would see across the country; food manufacturing (72, 2.8 times) and waste management (40, 1.6 times) come next.

How Vermont compares

The Census Bureau estimated Vermont's population at 648,493 in July 2024, up 0.8 percent from the April 2020 base of 643,082.

On law offices per 100,000 residents, Vermont sits next to Nevada at 53.2 and Oregon at 52.0, against 53.0 here. Across the 50 states and DC the combined rate is 49.1.

Small offices make up 69 percent of the state's law offices, against 72 percent across the 50 states and DC.

Vermont's forty-five-day breach clock

Vermont's Security Breach Notice Act is 9 V.S.A. § 2435, with its definitions in § 2430.

Vermont has no size threshold for the regulator. Any breach goes to the Attorney General, or to the Department of Financial Regulation for the entities it oversees.

The statute's own words for the general case are "All other data collectors or other entities subject to this subchapter shall provide notice of a breach to the Attorney General."

Because 14 business days is shorter than 45 days, the regulator often hears first.

  • Consumers: In the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, but not later than 45 days after the discovery or notification
  • Attorney General, or the Department of Financial Regulation for entities it regulates: A preliminary description of the breach within 14 business days of discovery, or when consumers are notified if that is sooner

When consumer notice is not required

Consumer notice "is not required if the data collector establishes that misuse of personally identifiable information or login credentials is not reasonably possible".

That is not a quiet decision. The data collector must give the Attorney General, or the Department of Financial Regulation, notice of the determination with a detailed explanation.

Our Vermont breach notification page sets out the data elements and the rule in full, and says which text we checked. This is general information, not legal advice.

What a ShareAndGo room gives a Vermont team

Burlington accountants and Montpelier clinics often send tax IDs, wellness records or passport copies to people outside the firm.

For documents you share through ShareAndGo, the activity log records every view and download, and watermarked view-only pages carry the reader's email address and the date.

That watermark is a per-room setting, on by default. Outside readers verify a six-digit code sent to their email and need no account, and NDA acceptance before entry is available on Professional and Business. The chained log exports as CSV.

The courts and regulators behind Vermont paperwork

Federal cases from Vermont are heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. CPAs practicing in Vermont are licensed by the Vermont Board of Public Accountancy.

At state level, securities offerings and investment advisers in Vermont come under the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, Securities Division.

Vermont FAQ

How many law offices are there in Vermont?
County Business Patterns 2023 counted 344 offices of lawyers with paid employees in Vermont, 238 of them with fewer than five employees. Chittenden County has the most, 104.
Is genetic information covered?
Yes. Genetic information is one of the listed data elements.
Is there a minimum number of affected people before the regulator hears?
No. Any breach goes to the Attorney General, or the Department of Financial Regulation for the entities it regulates.
Do people I share documents with need an account?
No. Readers confirm their email with a six-digit code, with no account to create.

Vermont metros

Burlington, VT

Data rooms for Burlington's 117 law offices and 108 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, with audit trails and view-only access.

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Vermont data breach notification law

About the figures on our location pages