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Electricians in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area
How the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #71 of 383 scored metro areas
#5 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 52
- 4 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 123
- +13.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $646.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,787 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.4M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 641,231
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area comes to about $646.1M a year: $2,787 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $12.4M per company, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 52 electricians on map listings in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 123 businesses with payroll in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area classed as electrical contractors, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,885 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $5.3M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Augusta-Richmond County metro area grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, the Augusta-Richmond County metro area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #71 of 383 scored metro areas and #5 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Augusta-Richmond County metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Augusta-Richmond County metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $12.4M | $13.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,885 | 1,636 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.0% | +10.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,787 | $2,975 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,344 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 123+13.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,180
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $67.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 524 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $5.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Augusta-Richmond County 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 Augusta-Richmond County metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 641,231+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 231,857
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,481 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 179
- Median household income
- $69,344+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,940
- Median home value
- $226,100
- Jobs located here
- 228,609
- Daytime population
- 608,615Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for electricians, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Augusta-Richmond County metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warner Robins, GA | 88 | 11 | 1.5 | $19.4M | +8.2% | #2 of 383 |
| 2Savannah, GA | 78 | 27 | 1.7 | $17.5M | +8.1% | #11 of 383 |
| 3Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 75 | 504 | 2.2 | $14.7M | +5.9% | #21 of 383 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 73 | 54 | 2.3 | $12.3M | +5.3% | #31 of 383 |
| 4Dalton, GA | 68 | 10 | 1.9 | $14M | +3.5% | #55 of 383 |
| 5Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 65 | 52 | 2.2 | $12.4M | +4.7% | #71 of 383 |
| 6Columbus, GA-AL | 53 | 27 | 2.1 | $12.2M | −1.3% | #172 of 383 |
| 7Athens-Clarke County, GA | 53 | 20 | 2.3 | $11.9M | +3.9% | #173 of 383 |
| 8Gainesville, GA | 39 | 31 | 4.2 | $7.2M | +11.4% | #284 of 383 |
| 9Rome, GA | 38 | 12 | 3.3 | $8.3M | +2.8% | #290 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 electricians in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area. 4 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 123 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $646.1M a year, or $2,787 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12.4M 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 231,857 households in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Augusta-Richmond County metro area has 2.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12.4M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Augusta-Richmond County metro area would have about 54, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,885 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Augusta-Richmond County metro area at 641,231 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 231,857 households. Median household income in the Augusta-Richmond County metro area is $69,344, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.2%, 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 Augusta-Richmond County metro area scores 65 for electricians (upper middle), #71 of 383 scored metro areas.
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