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Spending and market size in Schuyler County, NY

Market size, public money and spending power from public records. Every figure is for the whole county, a town or a ZIP code; no single business’s spending is estimated.

Market size by industry

IndustryBusinessesJobsPayrollSales (2022)
Manufacturing35 696$49.3M$274.9M
Health care and social assistance28 654$34.6M$61.1M
Retail trade57 720$24.5M$222M
Accommodation and food services80 620$19.7M$55.1M
Construction26 216$16.3M
Wholesale trade7 140$13.2M
Other services44 197$10M$30M
Transportation and warehousing15 212$8M$73.1M
Professional, scientific, and technical services19 55$6.1M$7.2M
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services24 93$4.1M$17.9M
Arts, entertainment, and recreation14 60$3.4M$21.9M
Finance and insurance9 40$2.8M$7.9M
Information8 61$2.6M
Real estate and rental and leasing12 12$666K
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting5 7$176K

Businesses by number of employees

Businesses, jobs and payroll: Census County Business Patterns (2023; places with employees; blanks are withheld by the Census to protect single firms). Sales: the Economic Census (every five years).

Taxable sales by industry, last four quarters

Sales and purchases subject to sales tax, reported to the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance (2026 - 2027 March - May, 2025 - 2026 September - November, 2025 - 2026 March - May, 2025 - 2026 June - August).

Public money to local businesses

Largest recipients of contracts and grants

  1. Welliver McGuire: $39.3M (Public contracts)
  2. County of Schuyler: $3M (Grants and incentives)
  3. Scoped: $2.4M (Grants and incentives)
  4. Damiani Wine Cellars: $600K (Grants and incentives)
  5. Watkins Glen International: $300K (Grants and incentives)
  6. Lucky Hare Brewing Company: $198K (Grants and incentives)
  7. Finger Lakes Gateway Community Development: $100K (Grants and incentives)
  8. Schuyler County: $68K (Grants and incentives)
  9. Farm Sanctuary: $63K (Grants and incentives)
  10. Flatt Rock Wine Cellars: $50K (Grants and incentives)
  11. Lakewood Vineyards: $50K (Grants and incentives)
  12. Forge Cellars: $50K (Grants and incentives)
  13. Finger Lakes Distilling: $48K (Grants and incentives)
  14. Chicone Builders: $40K (Grants and incentives)
  15. The Fontainebleau Inn: $31K (Grants and incentives)

State construction payments, SUNY contracts, defense contracts and subcontracts, state economic development awards, tax credits, arts grants and Medicare payments, matched to businesses in our directory. Medicare payments are a share of a practice’s income, not all of it.

What public bodies spend

The county, cities, towns, villages, school districts and fire districts together: $151.4M (each body’s newest year, up to 2025).

Money still to spend: $1.9M in E-Rate networking budgets (of $2M for 2026–30) .

E-Rate technology purchases: 2026: $167K (8) · 2025: $397K (5).

Every public body’s budget page →

The largest in the county, from public records

Largest medical practices (clinicians here)

  1. Schuyler Hospital 42
  2. Arnot Medical Services 18
  3. Watkins Glen Medical Office Building 6
  4. Kiehart Chiropractic, P.c. 2

CMS

Largest trucking fleets (trucks and tractors)

  1. Kva Pro Tools 73
  2. Wagner Hardwoods 59
  3. Parmenter Team Tiremasters 31
  4. Swarthout's Recycling 18
  5. Jm Trucking & Excavating 13
  6. County of Schuyler 12
  7. Bergen Farms 10
  8. Frank's Disposal Service 7
  9. Jeffs Septic Service & Portable Toliet Rentals 7
  10. Schamel Bros Contractors 7

FMCSA

Busiest vehicle inspection shops (last 12 months)

  1. Kevs Car Care 1,930
  2. Smalleys Garage 1,514
  3. Lakeside Automotive of Bradford 1,415
  4. Wolfes Garage 1,350
  5. Fingerlakes Automotive 1,322
  6. Parmenter 979
  7. Druker Towing 875
  8. Lanes Yamaha 653
  9. D&t Custom Auto 586
  10. Maguire Chrysler of Watkins Glen 500

NYS DMV

Largest food stores (square feet)

  1. Wal-Martspctr 3221 155,000 sq ft
  2. The Hector Wine Company 6,000 sq ft
  3. Apples and Moore 5,000 sq ft
  4. Dandy Mini Mart #38 4,500 sq ft
  5. Crosswinds Farm & Cream 4,000 sq ft
  6. Dandy Mini Mart # 49 3,500 sq ft
  7. Dandy Mini Mart #31 3,400 sq ft
  8. Specc's Chocolates and 3,000 sq ft
  9. Shtayburne Farm Creamer 3,000 sq ft
  10. The Burdett Ex-Change M 3,000 sq ft

NYS Ag & Markets

Largest technology spending reported

  1. Watkins Glen Central School District $1.6M
  2. County of Schuyler $812K
  3. Farm Sanctuary $780K
  4. Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce $44K
  5. Watkins Glen Central School District Free Public Library $20K
  6. Schuyler Head Start $12K
  7. Town of Hector $5,144
  8. Montour Falls Memorial Library $2,584

their own filings, newest year

Each list ranks the businesses in our directory by one figure from a public record; a business without that record isn’t on the list. Figures for a whole company are marked on its page.

Who buys from whom

BuyerSellerAmountYears
State University Construction Fund Welliver McGuire$39.3M2003–18
NYS Office of General Services Streeter Associates$6.5M2016–26
NYS Office of General Services Frey & Campbell Incorporated$5.5M2025–26
NYS Office of General Services Hewitt Young Electric$2.9M2025–26
NYS Office of General Services Bothar Construction$1.5M2021
NYS Office of General Services Hmi Mechanical Systems$1.3M2016–21
NYS Office of General Services Schuler-Haas Electric$907K2019–22
NYS Office of General Services Kimble$730K2016–26
NYS Office of General Services Highland Masonry and Restorationincorporated$690K2018–19
NYS Office of General Services Vacri Construction$627K2021–22
NYS Office of General Services Diekow Electric$553K2017–18
NYS Office of General Services John Mills Electric$324K2023–26
NYS Office of General Services Kondra & Jaquin Enterprises$298K2024–26
Southern Tier Library System Teracai Corporation$270K2025
NYS Office of General Services Atlantic Contracting & Specialties$246K2022
NYS Office of General Services Nelcorp Electrical Contracting$154K2017–18
NYS Office of General Services W M Schultz Construction$138K2016
NYS Office of General Services Op-Tech Environmental Services$134K2017
Southern Tier Library System Southern Tier Network Inc.$108K2025–26
NYS Office of General Services Wilkins Mechanical$104K2016

Purchases and contracts in public records with both sides named: E-Rate and Rural Health Care purchases, school bus purchases, state and SUNY construction contracts, defense subcontracts.

Income by ZIP code

ZIPTax returnsIncome in allPer returnSelf-employedBusinesses
14805510 $31.9M$63K 807
148121,400 $85.7M$61K 18028
14815420 $25.5M$61K 50
14818870 $76.3M$88K 14027
14824320 $17.9M$56K 4013
148372,170 $141.6M$65K 430
14838880 $54.5M$62K 90
148401,530 $137.5M$90K 250
14841430 $31.8M$74K 7024
148471,110 $70.7M$64K 200
14864550 $31.1M$57K 50
148651,150 $71.4M$62K 16063
14869560 $37.1M$66K 7020
148704,450 $436.3M$98K 500
14878340 $22.7M$67K 6018
148863,240 $258.6M$80K 640
14887 3
14889680 $37.5M$55K 90
148912,050 $124M$60K 250153

Adjusted gross income on individual tax returns (IRS Statistics of Income); self-employed: returns with business income (Schedule C); businesses: Census ZIP Code Business Patterns.

Towns: internet at home and new housing

TownHouseholds with broadbandWithout internetNew housing unitsValue of new housing
Catharine 1 (2025)$400K
Catharine town89%11%
Cayuta 1 (2025)$343K
Cayuta town86%14%
Dix 6 (2025)$1.2M
Dix town94%6%
Hector 25 (2025)$6.1M
Hector town93%8%
Montour 3 (2024)$651K
Montour Falls 1 (2025)$80K
Montour town85%15%
Odessa 3 (2025)$85K
Orange 4 (2025)$753K
Orange town87%13%
Reading 3 (2025)$1.1M
Reading town76%24%
Tyrone 9 (2025)$2M
Tyrone town84%16%
Watkins Glen 1 (2025)$599K

Internet: American Community Survey five-year estimates. Housing: Census Building Permits Survey (units permitted that year).

Technology jobs and wages

Metro area: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (median wage). County: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (private employers).

More market figures

64 figures: energy use, vehicles, mortgage lending
  • Medicare Part D drug costs prescribed here: $17.5M (2024)
  • Home mortgages made: 310 loans (2025)
  • Community Bank, N.A.: 38 loans (12.3% of loans) (2025)
  • Corning Credit Union: 35 loans (11.3% of loans) (2025)
  • Visions Federal Credit Union: 35 loans (11.3% of loans) (2025)
  • ServU Federal Credit Union: 24 loans (7.7% of loans) (2025)
  • Rocket Mortgage: 18 loans (5.8% of loans) (2025)
  • Tompkins Community Bank: 17 loans (5.5% of loans) (2025)
  • M&t Bank: 10 loans (3.2% of loans) (2025)
  • Beginnings Credit Union: 9 loans (2.9% of loans) (2025)
  • Lyons National Bank: 9 loans (2.9% of loans) (2025)
  • Chemung Canal Trust Company: 8 loans (2.6% of loans) (2025)
  • Movement Mortgage: 7 loans (2.3% of loans) (2025)
  • Tioga State Bank, N.A.: 7 loans (2.3% of loans) (2025)
  • First Heritage Federal Credit Union: 7 loans (2.3% of loans) (2025)
  • Citizens & Northern Bank: 7 loans (2.3% of loans) (2025)
  • Everett Financial: 6 loans (1.9% of loans) (2025)
  • Other vehicles (diesel): 512 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (other or none): 114 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (gas): 1,982 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (flex): 7 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (diesel): 603 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (electric): 23 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (other or none): 1 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (flex): 5 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (flex): 42 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (electric): 1 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (diesel): 215 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (gas): 12,431 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (other or none): 15 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (gas): 1,077 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (electric): 86 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Total electricity use: 123,445 MWh (2025)
  • Residential electricity use: 41,953 MWh (2022)
  • Industrial natural gas use: -5,994 Therms (2024)
  • Residential natural gas use: 1,513,828 Therms (2022)
  • Total electricity use: 56,924 MWh (2024)
  • Total natural gas use: 844,300 Therms (2024)
  • Commercial electricity use: 17,844 MWh (2024)
  • Residential natural gas use: 1,489,992 Therms (2025)
  • Industrial electricity use: 6,333 MWh (2022)
  • Commercial electricity use: 39,168 MWh (2025)
  • Industrial natural gas use: -11,988 Therms (2023)
  • Industrial electricity use: 7,667 MWh (2025)
  • Total natural gas use: 2,794,441 Therms (2023)
  • Commercial electricity use: 16,065 MWh (2022)
  • Commercial natural gas use: -5,994 Therms (2024)
  • Residential natural gas use: 347,113 Therms (2024)
  • Commercial natural gas use: -11,988 Therms (2025)
  • Industrial natural gas use: -11,988 Therms (2025)
  • Residential electricity use: 76,610 MWh (2025)
  • Commercial natural gas use: 1,440,030 Therms (2022)
  • Total electricity use: 118,181 MWh (2023)
  • Industrial electricity use: 3,999 MWh (2024)
  • Commercial electricity use: 36,155 MWh (2023)
  • Residential electricity use: 74,675 MWh (2023)
  • Commercial natural gas use: -11,988 Therms (2023)
  • Total electricity use: 64,350 MWh (2022)
  • Industrial natural gas use: -11,988 Therms (2022)
  • Residential electricity use: 35,081 MWh (2024)
  • Industrial electricity use: 7,351 MWh (2023)
  • Residential natural gas use: 1,409,013 Therms (2023)
  • Total natural gas use: 3,023,620 Therms (2022)
  • Total natural gas use: 2,435,131 Therms (2025)

All figures are public records, each with its year. They describe the county, a town or a ZIP code, never one business. Something wrong? Tell us.