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Electricians in Franklin County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Franklin County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,316 a household
Spending per listing
$18.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
36,916
−2.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $2,316 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $37.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 2 electricians, that is $18.7M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

There are 2 electricians on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 4,034 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Franklin County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 electricians on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Franklin County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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.

Electricians in Franklin County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.22.42.5
Spending per listing$18.7M$12.3M$12M
Households per official establishment4,0341,8731,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,316$2,919$3,018
Median household income$56,740$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$25K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,916−2.1% since 2020
Households
16,137
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
91
Median household income
$56,740+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,759
Median home value
$89,000
Jobs located here
8,765
Daytime population
30,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for electricians, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Franklin County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL71122.6$12.4M+9.9%#153 of 1,160
2Will County, IL69592.4$13.5M+2.2%#175 of 1,160
3Madison County, IL67201.8$15.2M−1.0%#212 of 1,160
4St. Clair County, IL66131.3$21M−2.5%#222 of 1,160
5Cook County, IL663891.9$15.9M−1.3%#225 of 1,160
6Grundy County, IL6552.4$12.4M+2.9%#253 of 1,160
7Peoria County, IL63121.5$17M−1.6%#277 of 1,160
8Champaign County, IL63161.9$13.7M+1.8%#283 of 1,160
9Sangamon County, IL62182.1$12.9M−1.0%#309 of 1,160
10Lake County, IL62722.8$12.3M+0.8%#313 of 1,160
Franklin County, ILNot scored21.2$18.7M−2.1%

Other business types in Franklin County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many electricians are in Franklin County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 electricians in Franklin County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Franklin County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $37.4M a year, or $2,316 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 electricians on map listings, it comes to $18.7M 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 16,137 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, IL compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Franklin County has 2 electricians on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Franklin County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,034 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 36,916 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,137 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $56,740, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.7%, 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. Franklin County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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