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Spending and market size in Tompkins 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)
Educational services51 22,515$1.04B$15.2M
Health care and social assistance307 6,487$395M$839.8M
Manufacturing86 2,689$206.9M$920.3M
Professional, scientific, and technical services260 2,581$188M$623.7M
Retail trade289 4,375$147.2M$1.43B
Finance and insurance89 1,126$107.2M$531.6M
Accommodation and food services304 3,856$100.4M$298.1M
Information64 976$89.1M$359.2M
Management of companies and enterprises8 468$70.1M
Construction164 933$59.7M
Other services222 1,289$50.4M$149.2M
Wholesale trade44 761$38.4M
Real estate and rental and leasing134 690$35.3M$235.6M
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services106 755$32.3M$86.8M
Transportation and warehousing29 468$25.7M$86.3M
Arts, entertainment, and recreation58 518$14.6M$43.8M
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting7 116$4.9M
Industries not classified3 10$782K
Utilities3 6$576K

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. Grammatech: $55.5M (Public contracts)
  2. Mpl Incorporated: $13.1M (Public contracts)
  3. Dryden Fiber: $11.6M (Grants and incentives)
  4. Incodema3D: $9.4M (Public contracts)
  5. Geegah: $4.7M (Public contracts)
  6. Chiang Obrien Architects Dpc: $4.3M (Public contracts)
  7. Ifyber: $3.5M (Public contracts)
  8. Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County: $3.3M (Grants and incentives)
  9. Dick's Sporting Goods: $2.3M (Grants and incentives)
  10. Atc-Ny: $1.6M (Public contracts)
  11. History Center in Tompkins County: $1.5M (Grants and incentives)
  12. Tcat: $1.4M (Grants and incentives)
  13. Cornell University: $1.3M (Grants and incentives)
  14. Lansing Central School District: $1.3M (Grants and incentives)
  15. Clarity Connect: $1.2M (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: $828.6M (each body’s newest year, up to 2025).

Money still to spend: $2.1M in E-Rate networking budgets (of $2.6M for 2026–30) .

E-Rate technology purchases: 2026: $492K (16) · 2025: $1.3M (20).

Every public body’s budget page →

The largest in the county, from public records

Hospitals and nursing homes by beds

  1. Cayuga Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 160
  2. Beechtree Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing 120
  3. Groton Community Health Care Center Residential Care Facility 80
  4. Oak Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center 60
  5. Ithaca Community Childcare at Kendal 48

CMS

Largest medical practices (clinicians here)

  1. Guthrie Medical Group 119
  2. Tompkins County Mental Health Services Department 19
  3. Family & Children's Service of Ithaca 11
  4. Trumansburg Family Medicine 6
  5. Smith Allergy & Asthma Specialists 6
  6. Back-2-Balance Massage Therapy 6
  7. Cayuga Family Medicine Pc 6
  8. Pine Point Medical 5
  9. Primary Care Internal Medicine of Ithaca 5
  10. Asthma & Allergy Associates P.c. 5

CMS

Largest trucking fleets (trucks and tractors)

  1. Stonewood Design 16,000
  2. Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit 54
  3. Bellisario and Son Excavating and Drainage 28
  4. United Christian Fellowship Protestant Comm at Ithaca College 27
  5. Swarthout Coaches 26
  6. Cayuga Landscape 25
  7. County of Tompkins Hwy Dept 22
  8. Gadabout Transportation Services 22
  9. 4 Seasons Landscaping 21
  10. Greenscene Lawn & Garden 20

FMCSA

Busiest vehicle inspection shops (last 12 months)

  1. Maguire Automotive 5,583
  2. Maguire Honda of Ithaca 3,572
  3. Mag Hyndai Mag Sbaru Mag Gen of Ithaca 3,028
  4. Mavis Tire Supply 2,377
  5. Maguire Foundation 2,320
  6. Trombley Tire & Auto 2,304
  7. Hunts Auto Service 2,002
  8. Maguire Motors 1,963
  9. Varna Auto Service 1,938
  10. Munson Tires and Auto 1,932

NYS DMV

Largest food stores (square feet)

  1. Wegmans Food Market 125,000 sq ft
  2. Target Store T-1508 125,000 sq ft
  3. BJ's Wholesale Club 352 86,000 sq ft
  4. Tops Market #522 51,000 sq ft
  5. Shur-save Food Store 37,000 sq ft
  6. Aldi 15,000 sq ft
  7. Cvs/Pharmacy #502 10,000 sq ft
  8. Clark's Food Mart 10,000 sq ft
  9. Ren's Mart Inc - Ren's Mart Asian Groceries 6,000 sq ft
  10. Eddydale Farms 4,800 sq ft

NYS Ag & Markets

Largest technology spending reported

  1. Cornell University $35.4M
  2. Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca $6.9M
  3. Ithaca College $6.7M
  4. Ithaca City School District $5.8M
  5. Trumansburg Central School District $1.5M
  6. Dryden Central School District $1.4M
  7. Newfield Central School District $976K
  8. Lansing Central School District $898K
  9. Racker $825K
  10. Groton Central School District $598K

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
U.S. Department of Defense (Department of the Navy) Grammatech$38.6M2021–24
State University Construction Fund Chiang O'Brien Architects$21.2M2017–23
Srctec Mpl$12.8M2023–26
State University Construction Fund HOLT Architects, P.C.$11.6M2003–23
U.S. Department of Defense (Department of the Air Force) Grammatech$7.9M2020–22
NYS Office of General Services Massa Construction$7.1M2015–25
U.S. Department of Defense (Defense Contract Management Agency) Grammatech$6.2M2018–20
Alliant Techsystems Operations Incodema3d$4.6M2023–25
U.S. Department of Defense (Defense Health Agency) Ifyber$3.5M2020–25
U.S. Department of Defense (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Geegah$3.2M2021–22
Lockheed Martin Incodema3d$3M2023–25
NYS Office of General Services J & K Plumbing and Heating Co$2.4M2022–26
NYS Office of General Services Streeter Associates$2.1M2017–18
NYS Office of General Services Bouley Associates$1.9M2017–18
NYS Office of General Services Kascon$1.6M2020–22
U.S. Department of Defense (Department of the Army) Geegah$1.5M2022
U.S. Department of Defense (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grammatech$1.5M2023
NYS Office of General Services Hmi Mechanical Systems$1.4M2020–25
NYS Office of General Services Wilkins Mechanical$1.3M2015–22
Northrop Grumman Systems Incodema3d$1.2M2024–26

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
130532,080 $152.7M$73K 300103
130682,530 $183.6M$73K 41077
130732,960 $205.4M$69K 46078
13102 6
137361,100 $66.8M$61K 180
137431,680 $103.2M$61K 220
13864510 $27.6M$54K 80
148171,290 $84.4M$65K 29024
14841430 $31.8M$74K 70
148471,110 $70.7M$64K 200
1485023,360 $2.22B$95K 4,5201,637
14851 11
14852 9
14853190 $8M$42K 24
14854 4
148672,660 $157.5M$59K 38065
14881130 $9.9M$76K 3010
148821,900 $173.6M$91K 37073
148831,910 $118.7M$62K 310
148863,240 $258.6M$80K 640144
14889680 $37.5M$55K 90

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
Caroline 6 (2025)$2.1M
Caroline town97%3%
Cayuga Heights 2 (2023)$1.7M
Danby 14 (2025)$4.8M
Danby town93%6%
Dryden 81 (2025)$18.2M
Dryden town94%6%
Enfield 12 (2025)$2.1M
Enfield town95%5%
Groton 1 (2025)$300K
Groton town85%15%
Ithaca 7 (2025)$1.3M
Ithaca city88%12%
Ithaca town91%9%
Lansing 2 (2025)$1.2M
Lansing town91%7%
Newfield 10 (2025)$3.3M
Newfield town91%8%
Trumansburg 1 (2025)$100K
Ulysses 8 (2025)$3.5M
Ulysses town93%8%

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

68 figures: energy use, vehicles, mortgage lending
  • Medicare Part D drug costs prescribed here: $97.1M (2024)
  • Home mortgages made: 1,122 loans (2025)
  • Tompkins Community Bank: 303 loans (27% of loans) (2025)
  • Beginnings Credit Union: 205 loans (18.3% of loans) (2025)
  • Community Bank, N.A.: 95 loans (8.5% of loans) (2025)
  • Rocket Mortgage: 53 loans (4.7% of loans) (2025)
  • M&t Bank: 51 loans (4.5% of loans) (2025)
  • 1st Priority Mortgage: 44 loans (3.9% of loans) (2025)
  • The First National Bank of Groton: 29 loans (2.6% of loans) (2025)
  • Tioga State Bank, N.A.: 23 loans (2% of loans) (2025)
  • Visions Federal Credit Union: 22 loans (2% of loans) (2025)
  • First National Bank of Dryden: 21 loans (1.9% of loans) (2025)
  • Alternatives Federal Credit Union: 21 loans (1.9% of loans) (2025)
  • Chemung Canal Trust Company: 18 loans (1.6% of loans) (2025)
  • Everett Financial: 11 loans (1% of loans) (2025)
  • Cayuga Lake National Bank: 11 loans (1% of loans) (2025)
  • Corning Credit Union: 10 loans (0.9% of loans) (2025)
  • Other vehicles (diesel): 874 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (gas): 5,290 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (other or none): 226 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (flex): 16 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (diesel): 1,318 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (electric): 181 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (other or none): 1 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (other): 5 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (flex): 17 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (flex): 72 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (propane): 1 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (propane): 33 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (electric): 44 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (diesel): 518 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (gas): 50,588 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (other or none): 31 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Commercial vehicles (gas): 3,215 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Other vehicles (other): 1 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Passenger vehicles (electric): 1,666 vehicles (2026-10)
  • Total electricity use: 752,071 MWh (2025)
  • Residential electricity use: 171,062 MWh (2022)
  • Industrial natural gas use: 1,043,303 Therms (2024)
  • Residential natural gas use: 15,511,654 Therms (2022)
  • Total electricity use: 359,593 MWh (2024)
  • Total natural gas use: 10,532,387 Therms (2024)
  • Commercial electricity use: 218,693 MWh (2024)
  • Residential natural gas use: 15,741,019 Therms (2025)
  • Industrial electricity use: 47,790 MWh (2022)
  • Commercial electricity use: 357,436 MWh (2025)
  • Industrial natural gas use: 2,883,019 Therms (2023)
  • Industrial electricity use: 67,766 MWh (2025)
  • Total natural gas use: 35,149,796 Therms (2023)
  • Commercial electricity use: 193,981 MWh (2022)
  • Commercial natural gas use: 7,671,732 Therms (2024)
  • Residential natural gas use: 4,210,810 Therms (2024)
  • Commercial natural gas use: 19,848,191 Therms (2025)
  • Industrial natural gas use: 2,708,952 Therms (2025)
  • Residential electricity use: 326,869 MWh (2025)
  • Commercial natural gas use: 18,021,222 Therms (2022)
  • Total electricity use: 763,288 MWh (2023)
  • Industrial electricity use: 40,892 MWh (2024)
  • Commercial electricity use: 372,846 MWh (2023)
  • Residential electricity use: 330,352 MWh (2023)
  • Commercial natural gas use: 17,787,245 Therms (2023)
  • Total electricity use: 412,833 MWh (2022)
  • Industrial natural gas use: 3,107,572 Therms (2022)
  • Residential electricity use: 180,395 MWh (2024)
  • Industrial electricity use: 78,595 MWh (2023)
  • Residential natural gas use: 14,477,090 Therms (2023)
  • Total natural gas use: 36,640,448 Therms (2022)
  • Total natural gas use: 38,298,162 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.