The Census Bureau puts the San Antonio metro at 2,813,140 people as of July 1, 2025. It covers eight counties. Bexar sits in the middle, with Comal, Guadalupe, Medina, Wilson, Atascosa, Bandera and Kendall around it. New Braunfels, Schertz, Cibolo and Seguin fill in the I-35 and I-10 sides toward Austin and Houston.
Three kinds of employer set the pace. Joint Base San Antonio employs more than 82,000 people directly, according to greater:SATX. USAA runs its headquarters on the northwest side, and Frost Bank keeps its tower downtown. On the South Side, Toyota builds the Tundra and Sequoia with more than 3,700 direct employees and another 5,600 at suppliers on the same site.
That mix shapes your pitch. A lot of local companies sell to the base, the hospitals or the plant. They think in contracts, certifications and approved vendor lists. Ask a Port San Antonio subcontractor who their prime is before you ask about budget, and you will sound like you belong.
County Business Patterns counts 52,088 business establishments in the metro, and 15,581 of them have ten or more employees. In a lot of those, the owner still signs the check and has bought from the same vendor for years. One call will not move that. A second and third call from someone who knows where Brooks is might.