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Law firms in United States_

As of 4 November 2026, 130,955 law firms companies are based in United States; 875 are hiring right now and New York has the most.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies
130,955
Hiring now
875 · 358 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Generalist law firms · 45,501
Top city
New York · 3,758
Parent market
Business & finance services · 659,618
130,955law firms companies in United States
875hiring today
358opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Law firms in United States, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Generalist law firms
45,50135%
Personal injury law
26,01620%
Other law firms
12,53010%
Wills estates probate law
12,51310%
Criminal defence law
12,0899%
Family law practices
11,6559%
Commercial corporate law firms
9,5897%
Real estate property law
9,5897%
Immigration law firms
6,3945%
Consumer debt relief claims
5,6364%
Employment law firms
4,4453%
Ip trademark patent firms
3,4903%
Notary offices
3,4353%
Outsourced legal counsel
2,9162%
Social security benefits law
2,0342%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
50,846 · 15
2-10 employees
62,796 · 133
11-50 employees
14,719 · 223
51-200 employees
2,090 · 319
201-500 employees
316 · 100
501-1000 employees
107 · 43
1001-5000 employees
64 · 38
5001-10000 employees
10 · 2
10,001+ employees
7 · 2
By city
companiesshare
New York
3,7583%
Houston
2,6382%
Chicago
2,0682%
Miami
1,7821%
Atlanta
1,6351%
Dallas
1,4591%
Washington
1,4221%
San Diego
1,3361%
Austin
1,0871%
Las Vegas
1,0451%
Tampa
1,0221%
San Francisco
1,0171%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest law firms companies in United States

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

130,955 law firms companies in United States.

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04 — What they run

The stack of law firms in United States

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130,955 law firms companies are based in United States; 875 are hiring right now and New York has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/united-states/law_firms)
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  • ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
  • Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
  • HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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Law firms in United States: questions

How many law firms companies are there in United States?

130,955 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Business & finance services → Law firms → leaf niches such as generalist law firms, personal injury law, other law firms. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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