Metropolitan Area
Wilmington, NC Area Marketing
The Wilmington, NC area covers 3 counties and roughly 480,522 residents. The market reaches past Wilmington into Leland, so a business here is usually selling across the whole footprint rather than one city.
On the ground
What the Wilmington, NC market looks like
Across those 3 counties there are 12,869 business establishments and 164 advertising, public relations, and marketing consulting firms. That works out to about 79 businesses for every firm selling marketing services here. Those counts come from the U.S. Census Bureau's County Business Patterns and are reported at metropolitan-area level, not city level.
- Metro population
- 480,522
- Business establishments
- 12,869
- Counties
- 3
- Cities covered
- 2
Depth where it matters
Industries in the Wilmington, NC area
Each of these has a page covering how buyers in that category search here. Establishment counts are from County Business Patterns and cover the whole metro.
Restaurant
513 establishments across the metro.
Real Estate
508 establishments across the metro.
Law Firms
260 establishments across the metro.
Lawn & Garden
255 establishments across the metro.
Home Improvement
224 establishments across the metro.
Dental
182 establishments across the metro.
Insurance
177 establishments across the metro.
Property Management
133 establishments across the metro.
Also covered in this market
Why us
What sets AdsTalent apart here
Coverage is organized around the market rather than a single city, because that is how customers actually move through it. A business in this area is usually selling across the whole footprint, so the plan has to think that way: local search presence in every community that matters, paid search scoped to a real service area, and a site answer engines can read cleanly.
Across our network
AdsTalent and our partner network bring two decades of small-business digital marketing across every major channel: SEO, paid search, paid social, email, reputation, and conversion optimization.
Coverage
Cities we serve in the Wilmington, NC area
2 cities covered across 3 counties.
Questions
Common questions about the Wilmington, NC market
- What areas does the Wilmington, NC market cover?
- The Wilmington, NC area is a federally defined metropolitan statistical area covering 3 counties and about 480,522 residents. AdsTalent covers 2 cities within it, including Wilmington and Leland.
- How many businesses are in the Wilmington, NC area?
- There are 12,869 business establishments across the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's County Business Patterns. That figure counts establishments, not employees, and covers the full 3-county area rather than the city of Wilmington alone.
- How competitive is marketing in the Wilmington, NC area?
- The Wilmington, NC area has 164 advertising, public relations, and marketing consulting firms serving 12,869 business establishments, or roughly 79 businesses per firm. Markets with more businesses per firm are generally less contested in local search, though competition varies by industry.
- Which industries does AdsTalent work with in the Wilmington, NC area?
- Every industry with a real presence in the market. The largest here include restaurant (513 establishments), real estate (508 establishments), and law firms (260 establishments). Each has its own page covering how buyers in that category search locally.
- Does AdsTalent work with businesses outside Wilmington?
- Yes. Coverage is organized around the whole Wilmington, NC market rather than one city, because a business here typically draws customers from across the metro. Work is handled remotely, with no requirement to meet in person.
- Where do the market figures on this page come from?
- Business establishment counts come from the U.S. Census Bureau's County Business Patterns, population from the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, and the metropolitan-area definition from the Office of Management and Budget's core based statistical area delineations. All three are public federal sources.
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