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Virtual data rooms in Burlington, VT

Virtual data rooms for Burlington deals, audits and legal matters

Deals, audits and legal matters in Burlington run on documents too sensitive for email attachments. Census figures for 2023 put 117 law offices and 108 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms with paid staff in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro; ShareAndGo gives each matter a data room with access you control and an audit trail you can export.

What sets Burlington's economy apart

Compared with the United States as a whole, the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro has an unusually large share of its businesses in beverage manufacturing: 32 establishments, 3.1 times the national share. Next come food manufacturing (72 establishments, 2.8 times) and waste management (40 establishments, 1.6 times). No other metro on these pages has a higher concentration of beverage manufacturing, out of 60 with published figures.

Brewery, distillery and beverage deals turn on licenses, distribution agreements and production records.

Food-plant deals involve recall histories, supplier contracts and certification records. In food manufacturing, Burlington leads every metro on these pages.

The firms that share confidential documents in Burlington

Law offices in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro run larger than most: only 62 percent of its 117 have fewer than five employees, below the 70 percent median for the metros on these pages, and the average office employs about 7.2 people.

Deal work in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro draws on 97 securities and investment establishments, 29 corporate and regional managing offices and 104 real estate brokerages.

Together they are 455 of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro's 6,936 employer establishments, or about 7 percent.

  • Offices of lawyers (NAICS 541110): 117
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services (NAICS 5412): 108
  • Offices of certified public accountants (NAICS 541211): 52
  • Securities, commodity contracts and like activity (NAICS 523): 97
  • Corporate, subsidiary and regional managing offices (NAICS 551114): 29
  • Offices of real estate agents and brokers (NAICS 531210): 104
  • Law offices by size: 73 under 5 employees, 20 with 5 to 9, 15 with 10 to 19, 5 with 20 to 49, 4 with 50 or more
  • Employees in law offices, mid-March 2023: about 840
  • Employees in accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll: about 745

How Burlington compares

The Census Bureau estimated the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro's population at 229,445 in July 2024, up 3,865 or 1.7 percent on the April 2020 base of 225,580.

Measured against the 2023 estimate of 228,503, the same year as the business count, Burlington has 51.2 offices of lawyers per 100,000 residents, 33rd of the 59 metro areas on these pages against a median of 52.6; the nearest rates are Houston, TX at 50.9 and Philadelphia, PA at 51.7.

The metro with the closest number of law offices is Sioux Falls, SD, with 118; the metro closest in population, Charleston, WV at 202,091 residents, has 163 law offices and 74 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll establishments.

Counted by accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms instead, Burlington's nearest match is Fargo, ND, with 112.

  • Residents, July 2024: 229,445
  • Residents, April 2020 base: 225,580
  • Change since 2020: +3,865 (1.7 percent), 37th of 59
  • Law offices per 100,000 residents: 51.2, 33rd of 59
  • Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll per 100,000 residents: 47.3, 18th of 59
  • Securities and investment per 100,000 residents: 42.5, 21st of 59
  • Managing offices per 100,000 residents: 12.7, 41st of 59
  • Real estate agents and brokers per 100,000 residents: 45.5, 34th of 59
  • Employees in offices of lawyers: about 840
  • Employees in accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll: about 745

Where Burlington's firms are

The Census definition of the metro takes in three counties. Taken one by one, Chittenden County had 104 offices of lawyers, Franklin County 11 and Grand Isle County 0.

Chittenden County alone holds 89 percent of the metro total, and the 0 counties beyond those three hold 0 between them.

  • Chittenden County: 104
  • Franklin County: 11

The courts and regulators behind Burlington paperwork

When a Burlington dispute reaches federal court, it goes to 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 answer to the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, Securities Division, so a Burlington fund raising money or an adviser facing an exam has documents to produce on request.

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

What a ShareAndGo data room does for Burlington audit work

For accounting and tax practices in Burlington, a ShareAndGo room keeps the file in one place.

  • Links can carry an expiry date, and access can be revoked at once.
  • Every view, share, access and change goes into an audit log in which each entry carries a SHA-256 hash of the one before it, so an edit made after the fact can be detected.

Burlington FAQ

How many law offices does Burlington have?
The Census Bureau's 2023 County Business Patterns puts 117 offices of lawyers with paid employees in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro, 73 of them with fewer than five employees.
How many of the Burlington area's law offices are in Chittenden County?
Chittenden County holds 104 of the metro's 117, followed by Franklin County with 11.
Can I stop someone downloading a document?
Yes. View-only mode turns off downloading, printing and copying for the people you choose. These controls deter copying and make it traceable; no browser can stop someone photographing a screen.

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