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Electricians in Houston County, GA
How Houston County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 87 out of 100: High
Ranked #14 of 1,160 scored counties
#3 of 44 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $184.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,890 a household
- Spending per listing
- $18.5M
- 54% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,214
- +8.5% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, Houston County has a Groundwork market score of 87 (high): #14 of 1,160 scored counties and #3 of 44 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for electricians.
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 electricians in Houston County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Houston County spend about $184.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,890 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $18.5M per company, 54% above 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 17 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Houston County in 2023. That is one for every 3,756 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Houston County grew 8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Houston County 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 | Houston County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $18.5M | $13.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,756 | 1,636 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,890 | $2,975 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,698 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 87 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Houston 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 Houston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,214+8.5% since 2020
- Households
- 63,851
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 376 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 451
- Median household income
- $80,698+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,172
- Median home value
- $219,800
- Jobs located here
- 49,763
- Daytime population
- 157,925Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for electricians, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Houston County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Henry County, GA | 88 | 9 | 1.0 | $29.1M | +9.5% | #9 of 1,160 |
| 2Fulton County, GA | 88 | 64 | 1.4 | $24.4M | +2.7% | #10 of 1,160 |
| 3Houston County, GA | 87 | 10 | 1.6 | $18.5M | +8.5% | #14 of 1,160 |
| 4DeKalb County, GA | 81 | 48 | 1.7 | $18.9M | +1.3% | #43 of 1,160 |
| 5Douglas County, GA | 75 | 9 | 1.7 | $17.2M | +6.6% | #88 of 1,160 |
| 6Chatham County, GA | 74 | 20 | 1.7 | $17.1M | +5.7% | #100 of 1,160 |
| 7Forsyth County, GA | 72 | 24 | 2.7 | $15M | +11.8% | #133 of 1,160 |
| 8Cobb County, GA | 70 | 81 | 2.7 | $12.6M | +3.5% | #164 of 1,160 |
| 9Barrow County, GA | 67 | 8 | 2.6 | $11.1M | +18.7% | #219 of 1,160 |
| 10Bartow County, GA | 66 | 10 | 2.4 | $12M | +10.5% | #232 of 1,160 |
Other business types in Houston County
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Questions
How many electricians are in Houston County, GA?
Houston County has 10 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Houston County, GA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $184.5M a year, or $2,890 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 electricians on map listings, it comes to $18.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 63,851 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houston County, GA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Houston County has 1.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $18.5M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Houston County would have about 15, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,756 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Houston County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Houston County at 178,214 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,851 households. The median household income in Houston County is $80,698 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Houston County scores 87 for electricians (high), #14 of 1,160 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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