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Electricians in the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro area
How the Macon-Bibb County, GA 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #322 of 383 scored metro areas
#13 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 26
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- +10.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $229.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,593 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.8M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 238,553
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for electricians in the Macon-Bibb County metro area is 34 (lower middle), #322 of 383 scored metro areas and #13 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 electricians in the Macon-Bibb County metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Macon-Bibb County metro area comes to about $229.7M a year: $2,593 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 26 electricians, that is $8.8M per company, 26% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 54 businesses with payroll in the Macon-Bibb County metro area classed as electrical contractors, up 10.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,641 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Macon-Bibb County metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Macon-Bibb 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 | Macon-Bibb County metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $8.8M | $13.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,641 | 1,636 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.4% | +10.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,593 | $2,975 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $59,526 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54+10.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 736
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $54M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 261 chain location
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Macon-Bibb 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 Macon-Bibb County metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 238,553+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 88,590
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,724 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 136
- Median household income
- $59,526+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,411
- Median home value
- $188,300
- Jobs located here
- 96,309
- Daytime population
- 240,689Residents 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 Macon-Bibb 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 |
| 13Macon-Bibb County, GA | 34 | 26 | 2.9 | $8.8M | +2.1% | #322 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro area?
There are 26 electricians on map listings in the Macon-Bibb County metro area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 10.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $229.7M a year, or $2,593 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 electricians on map listings, it comes to $8.8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,590 households in the Macon-Bibb County metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Macon-Bibb County metro area has 2.9 electricians per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $8.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Macon-Bibb County metro area would have about 19, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,641 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Macon-Bibb County metro area at 238,553 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,590 households. The median household income in the Macon-Bibb County metro area is $59,526 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.3% 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 Macon-Bibb County metro area scores 34 for electricians (lower middle), #322 of 383 scored metro areas.
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