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What sets Virginia Beach's economy apart

Transportation support services is where Virginia Beach is most unlike the rest of the country: 328 establishments, a share of local businesses 1.4 times the national one. Next comes heavy and civil engineering construction (250 establishments, 1.4 times). Of the 61 metros on these pages with published figures for transportation support services, Virginia Beach ranks 7th, behind New Orleans, LA and others.

Port, freight-forwarding and logistics-services deals review customs records, terminal leases and carrier contracts.

Contractors sharing bid packages, bonding files and project records with lenders and joint-venture partners need a controlled place to do it. In heavy and civil engineering construction, Virginia Beach places 8th of 61 metros here; Anchorage, AK leads.

How Virginia Beach compares

The Census Bureau estimated the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro's population at 1,794,278 in July 2024, up 14,232 or 0.8 percent on the April 2020 base of 1,780,046.

Measured against the 2023 estimate of 1,788,412, the same year as the business count, Virginia Beach has 34.9 offices of lawyers per 100,000 residents, 56th of the 59 metro areas on these pages against a median of 52.6; the nearest rates are Fargo, ND at 32.1 and Nashville, TN at 37.9.

The metro with the closest number of law offices is Albuquerque, NM, with 624; the metro closest in population, Providence, RI at 1,700,901 residents, has 929 law offices and 647 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll establishments.

Counted by accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms instead, Virginia Beach's nearest match is Milwaukee, WI, with 581.

• Residents, July 2024: 1,794,278
• Residents, April 2020 base: 1,780,046
• Change since 2020: +14,232 (0.8 percent), 46th of 59
• Law offices per 100,000 residents: 34.9, 56th of 59
• Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll per 100,000 residents: 32.8, 55th of 59
• Securities and investment per 100,000 residents: 21.8, 56th of 59
• Managing offices per 100,000 residents: 9.8, 55th of 59
• Real estate agents and brokers per 100,000 residents: 58.1, 27th of 59
• Employees in offices of lawyers: about 4,300
• Employees in accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll: about 6,800

The courts and regulators behind Virginia Beach paperwork

CPAs practicing in Virginia are licensed by the Virginia Board of Accountancy.

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