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Electricians in Highlands County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Highlands County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #761 of 1,160 scored counties
#40 of 42 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- +30.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $115.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,468 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 111,122
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 electricians in Highlands County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Highlands County spend about $115.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,468 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M per company, 43% 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.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Highlands County in 2023, up 30.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,803 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Highlands County grew 9.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, Highlands County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #761 of 1,160 scored counties and #40 of 42 scored counties in Florida.
How Highlands County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Highlands County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $10.9M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,803 | 1,348 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +30.0% | +15.0% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,468 | $2,932 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $54,897 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 26+30.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 169
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Highlands 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 Highlands County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,122+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,879
- Median age
- 52.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,018 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $54,897+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,953
- Median home value
- $187,900
- Jobs located here
- 28,038
- Daytime population
- 94,243Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 90 | 10 | 1.4 | $20.3M | +21.1% | #7 of 1,160 |
| 2St. Johns County, FL | 85 | 24 | 2.1 | $17.3M | +25.0% | #25 of 1,160 |
| 3Osceola County, FL | 79 | 28 | 2.0 | $14.2M | +23.2% | #57 of 1,160 |
| 4Nassau County, FL | 75 | 8 | 2.0 | $15.5M | +17.4% | #92 of 1,160 |
| 5Flagler County, FL | 75 | 13 | 2.5 | $12M | +21.0% | #98 of 1,160 |
| 6Lake County, FL | 73 | 33 | 2.0 | $14.1M | +18.1% | #116 of 1,160 |
| 7Hernando County, FL | 72 | 13 | 1.6 | $17M | +13.3% | #129 of 1,160 |
| 8Okaloosa County, FL | 72 | 17 | 2.0 | $15.4M | +4.6% | #131 of 1,160 |
| 9Clay County, FL | 72 | 17 | 2.0 | $14.9M | +9.4% | #134 of 1,160 |
| 10Hillsborough County, FL | 72 | 131 | 2.2 | $13.5M | +7.4% | #137 of 1,160 |
| 40Highlands County, FL | 43 | 17 | 3.6 | $6.8M | +9.7% | #761 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Highlands County, FL?
Highlands County has 17 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 30.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Highlands County, FL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $115.7M a year, or $2,468 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 electricians on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,879 households in Highlands County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Highlands County, FL compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Highlands County has 3.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $6.8M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Highlands County would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,803 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Highlands County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Highlands County at 111,122 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,879 households. The median household income in Highlands County is $54,897 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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. Highlands County scores 43 for electricians (lower middle), #761 of 1,160 scored counties.
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