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Electricians in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area
How the Colorado Springs, CO 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #157 of 383 scored metro areas
#3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 77
- 1 chain location (1%)
- Official establishments
- 222
- +18.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $912.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,021 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.9M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 781,796
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 electricians in the Colorado Springs metro area. One of them (1%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.5.
At $3,021 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Colorado Springs metro area spend about $912.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $11.9M per company, in line with 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 Colorado Springs metro area was 222 in 2023, up 18.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,361 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 25 SBA-backed loans worth $14.8M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Colorado Springs metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Colorado Springs metro area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, the Colorado Springs metro area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #157 of 383 scored metro areas and #3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado.
How the Colorado Springs metro area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Colorado Springs metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $11.9M | $10.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,361 | 1,064 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.1% | +11.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,021 | $3,138 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $90,144 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 222+18.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,904
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $117.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 771 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 25
- Amount
- $14.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Colorado Springs 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 Colorado Springs metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 781,796+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 302,050
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,684 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $90,144+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,390
- Median home value
- $461,800
- Jobs located here
- 292,224
- Daytime population
- 748,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 60 | 328 | 2.7 | $12.3M | +4.1% | #109 of 383 |
| 2Boulder, CO | 59 | 35 | 2.6 | $13.2M | −0.7% | #118 of 383 |
| 3Colorado Springs, CO | 55 | 77 | 2.5 | $11.9M | +3.1% | #157 of 383 |
| 4Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 44 | 52 | 3.4 | $9.1M | +4.8% | #242 of 383 |
| 5Greeley, CO | 39 | 53 | 4.3 | $7.1M | +14.2% | #286 of 383 |
| 6Grand Junction, CO | 28 | 25 | 3.8 | $7.1M | +4.4% | #349 of 383 |
| 7Pueblo, CO | 20 | 23 | 3.4 | $7.5M | +0.6% | #371 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area?
There are 77 electricians on map listings in the Colorado Springs metro area as of September 2026. One of them (1%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 222 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 18.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $912.6M a year, or $3,021 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 302,050 households in the Colorado Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Colorado Springs, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Colorado Springs metro area has 2.5 electricians per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $11.9M, in line with the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Colorado Springs metro area would have about 76, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,361 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Colorado Springs, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Colorado Springs metro area at 781,796 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 302,050 households. The median household income in the Colorado Springs metro area is $90,144 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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. The Colorado Springs metro area scores 55 for electricians (upper middle), #157 of 383 scored metro areas.
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