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Electricians in the Chico, CA metro area
How the Chico, CA 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #291 of 383 scored metro areas
#20 of 24 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- +7.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $223.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,688 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.2M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,211
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Chico metro area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #291 of 383 scored metro areas and #20 of 24 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 electricians in the Chico metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
At $2,688 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Chico metro area spend about $223.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 20 electricians, that is $11.2M per company, 7% 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 the Chico metro area was 61 in 2023, up 7.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,366 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Chico metro area. Population estimates show the Chico metro area declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Chico metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Chico metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $11.2M | $14.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,366 | 1,333 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.0% | +12.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,688 | $3,240 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,928 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61+7.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 546
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Chico 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 Chico metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,211−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 83,312
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $67,928+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,439
- Median home value
- $424,700
- Jobs located here
- 75,172
- Daytime population
- 203,711Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 76 | 45 | 1.8 | $16.5M | +5.5% | #15 of 383 |
| 2Merced, CA | 68 | 16 | 1.9 | $13.8M | +5.1% | #56 of 383 |
| 3San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 64 | 143 | 2.1 | $19.5M | −0.6% | #73 of 383 |
| 4San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 64 | 364 | 2.1 | $18.2M | −2.4% | #74 of 383 |
| 5Visalia, CA | 64 | 23 | 1.6 | $16.7M | +2.4% | #75 of 383 |
| 6Yuba City, CA | 62 | 10 | 1.6 | $17.2M | +3.3% | #86 of 383 |
| 7Vallejo, CA | 62 | 35 | 2.2 | $14.3M | +0.6% | #87 of 383 |
| 8Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 61 | 210 | 2.4 | $13.2M | +3.2% | #98 of 383 |
| 9Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 58 | 906 | 2.0 | $15.8M | −2.6% | #126 of 383 |
| 10San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 57 | 260 | 2.2 | $15M | −0.6% | #133 of 383 |
| 20Chico, CA | 37 | 20 | 2.4 | $11.2M | −0.5% | #291 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Chico, CA metro area?
There are 20 electricians on map listings in the Chico metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 7.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Chico, CA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $223.9M a year, or $2,688 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11.2M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,312 households in the Chico metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chico, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Chico metro area has 2.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $11.2M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Chico metro area would have about 19, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,366 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Chico, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Chico metro area at 209,211 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 83,312 households. The median household income in the Chico metro area is $67,928 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. The Chico metro area scores 37 for electricians (lower middle), #291 of 383 scored metro areas.
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