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Electricians in Etowah County, AL
The electricians in Etowah County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #968 of 1,160 scored counties
#21 of 22 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- +12.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $96.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,448 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 103,886
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, Etowah County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #968 of 1,160 scored counties and #21 of 22 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 electricians in Etowah County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Etowah County spend about $96.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,448 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Etowah County was 27 in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,460 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Etowah County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Etowah County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the electricians counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Etowah County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $8M | $12.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,460 | 1,972 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.5% | +18.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,448 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $54,563 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 27+12.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 214
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Etowah County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Etowah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 103,886+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 39,411
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 535 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 193
- Median household income
- $54,563+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,295
- Median home value
- $167,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,151
- Daytime population
- 97,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AL | 80 | 42 | 2.5 | $12.3M | +11.0% | #49 of 1,160 |
| 2Lee County, AL | 75 | 11 | 1.6 | $17M | +8.6% | #89 of 1,160 |
| 3Limestone County, AL | 72 | 12 | 2.9 | $10.4M | +18.0% | #143 of 1,160 |
| 4Tuscaloosa County, AL | 71 | 16 | 1.8 | $15.2M | +3.8% | #150 of 1,160 |
| 5Shelby County, AL | 69 | 25 | 2.9 | $11.5M | +6.5% | #184 of 1,160 |
| 6Houston County, AL | 67 | 9 | 2.1 | $12.5M | +2.8% | #216 of 1,160 |
| 7Talladega County, AL | 62 | 5 | 1.5 | $16.5M | +0.3% | #302 of 1,160 |
| 8Marshall County, AL | 62 | 7 | 1.9 | $13.9M | +6.0% | #304 of 1,160 |
| 9Colbert County, AL | 62 | 5 | 2.1 | $12.3M | +3.8% | #312 of 1,160 |
| 10Elmore County, AL | 61 | 9 | 2.7 | $10.4M | +4.2% | #341 of 1,160 |
| 21Etowah County, AL | 31 | 12 | 3.0 | $8M | +0.4% | #968 of 1,160 |
Other business types in Etowah County
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Questions
How many electricians are in Etowah County, AL?
Etowah County has 12 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Etowah County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $96.5M a year, or $2,448 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 electricians on map listings, it comes to $8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,411 households in Etowah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Etowah County, AL compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Etowah County has 3.0 electricians per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $8M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Etowah County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,460 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Etowah County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Etowah County at 103,886 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,411 households. The median household income in Etowah County is $54,563 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Etowah County scores 31 for electricians (lower middle), #968 of 1,160 scored counties.
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