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Electricians in the Gadsden, AL metro area

How the Gadsden, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #369 of 383 scored metro areas
#12 of 12 scored metro areas based 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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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Gadsden metro area scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #369 of 383 scored metro areas and #12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Gadsden metro area 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. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

The Gadsden metro area has 12 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Gadsden metro area 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. Population estimates put the population change in the Gadsden metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Gadsden metro area 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.

Electricians in Gadsden, AL metro area compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureGadsden metro areaAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.02.12.5
Spending per listing$8M$12.6M$12M
Households per official establishment1,4601,9721,550
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 score2158

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
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 the Gadsden metro area, 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 the Gadsden metro area

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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Electricians across Alabama

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for electricians, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Gadsden metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Alabama

Metro areas in Alabama ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Huntsville, AL77542.6$11.9M+12.5%#14 of 383
2Auburn-Opelika, AL75111.4$18.5M+7.1%#19 of 383
3Tuscaloosa, AL69171.6$16.3M+2.9%#46 of 383
4Dothan, AL68111.8$14.2M+3.4%#54 of 383
5Birmingham, AL581062.3$12.6M+1.4%#128 of 383
6Montgomery, AL56322.1$12.7M+0.9%#144 of 383
Columbus, GA-AL53272.1$12.2M−1.3%#172 of 383
7Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL49162.5$10.4M+3.5%#203 of 383
8Decatur, AL48142.2$12.2M+2.5%#208 of 383
9Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL45383.9$7.6M+14.8%#233 of 383
12Gadsden, AL21123.0$8M+0.4%#369 of 383

Other business types in the Gadsden metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many electricians are in the Gadsden, AL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 electricians in the Gadsden metro area. 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 the Gadsden, AL metro area 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. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,411 households in the Gadsden metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gadsden, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Gadsden metro area 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 U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Gadsden metro area 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 the Gadsden, AL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Gadsden metro area at 103,886 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,411 households. Median household income in the Gadsden metro area is $54,563, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. The Gadsden metro area scores 21 for electricians (low), #369 of 383 scored metro areas.

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