New York event vendors in numbers: prices, online booking and AI readiness

Short, sourced figures about event vendors in the New York area: photographers, caterers, florists, event planners, DJs, videographers, hair and makeup artists, cake and dessert makers, live bands and photo booth companies. Each comes from what vendors publish on their own websites. They are free to quote with credit to "Agent Bookability Index by The Runup" (CC BY 4.0). Figures for November 2026, checked between 2026-10-22 and 2026-11-13.

Prices

Only 23% of New York area event vendors publish a price on their website. Based on 816 of 3,604 vendors. Link to this fact
Videographers are the most likely to publish a price (36%); live bands are the least likely (8%). Based on 30 of 84 videographers, 10 of 129 live bands. Link to this fact
6% of vendors list packages with prices. Based on 209 of 3,604 vendors. Link to this fact

What it costs

Wedding DJs in the New York area start at a median of $2,100 for a wedding, with half starting between $1,520 and $2,780 (49 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 49 DJs with a published wedding price; the same figures apply to North Jersey. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding DJs in Central Jersey start at a median of $2,300 for a wedding, with half starting between $1,590 and $2,970 (37 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 37 DJs with a published wedding price. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding DJs in Long Island start at a median of $2,300 for a wedding, with half starting between $1,520 and $3,000 (25 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 25 DJs with a published wedding price. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding DJs in NYC start at a median of $2,370 for a wedding, with half starting between $1,390 and $3,060 (26 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 26 DJs with a published wedding price; the same figures apply to Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding DJs in Westchester start at a median of $2,370 for a wedding, with half starting between $1,260 and $3,000 (24 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 24 DJs with a published wedding price. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding photographers in the New York area start at a median of $3,500 for a wedding, with half starting between $2,500 and $5,500 (176 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 176 photographers with a published wedding price. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding photographers in Long Island start at a median of $3,650 for a wedding, with half starting between $2,750 and $6,500 (67 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 67 photographers with a published wedding price. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding photographers in North Jersey start at a median of $3,500 for a wedding, with half starting between $2,400 and $5,450 (119 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 119 photographers with a published wedding price; the same figures apply to Central Jersey. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding photographers in NYC start at a median of $4,000 for a wedding, with half starting between $2,950 and $6,500 (109 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 109 photographers with a published wedding price; the same figures apply to Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding photographers in Westchester start at a median of $4,500 for a wedding, with half starting between $3,000 and $7,500 (53 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 53 photographers with a published wedding price. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding videographers in the New York area start at a median of $4,000 for a wedding, with half starting between $1,800 and $8,000 (15 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 15 videographers with a published wedding price. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding videographers in North Jersey start at a median of $2,000 for a wedding, with half starting between $1,080 and $4,750 (9 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 9 videographers with a published wedding price; the same figures apply to Central Jersey. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Wedding videographers in NYC start at a median of $3,450 for a wedding, with half starting between $1,950 and $6,120 (10 vendors' own published prices, November 2026). Based on 10 videographers with a published wedding price; the same figures apply to Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island. Vendors and method · Link to this fact
Among the areas we track, wedding photographers start highest in Westchester (median $4,500) and lowest in North Jersey (median $3,500). Based on 53 and 119 vendors with a published wedding price. Link to this fact

Booking online

Only 1% of New York area event vendors can be booked online. Based on 40 of 3,604 vendors. Link to this fact
Only 9 of 3,604 New York area event vendors show their open dates online. Based on 9 of 3,604 vendors. Link to this fact
14 of 3,604 vendors give an instant quote online; 59% have an inquiry form instead. Based on 14 and 2,129 of 3,604 vendors. Link to this fact

Can an AI assistant read the site

Only 5 of 2,681 vendor websites block AI search or assistant agents in robots.txt. Access is rarely the obstacle; missing prices and booking are. Based on 5 of 2,681 websites that loaded. Link to this fact
3% of vendor websites show no readable text without JavaScript, so many AI agents see an empty page. Based on 85 of 2,681 websites that loaded. Link to this fact
67% of vendor websites carry structured data that tells machines what the business is. Based on 1,788 of 2,681 websites that loaded. Link to this fact

The score

The median Agent Bookability Score is 18 out of 100; 20 of 3,604 vendors score 60 or more. Based on 3,604 vendors. Link to this fact

The numbers behind these: price index, cost by service and area, the full dataset, method.