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Electricians in Rock Island County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Rock Island County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #466 of 1,160 scored counties
#13 of 39 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $156.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,529 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 141,869
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Rock Island County comes to about $156.1M a year: $2,529 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $12M of household spending for each company on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 13 electricians on map listings in Rock Island County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Rock Island County in 2023. That is one for every 6,173 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rock Island County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For electricians, Rock Island County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #466 of 1,160 scored counties and #13 of 39 scored counties in Illinois.
How Rock Island 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.
| Measure | Rock Island County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $12M | $12.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,173 | 1,873 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,529 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,159 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 66
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Rock Island 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 Rock Island County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 141,869−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 61,733
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 334
- Median household income
- $67,159+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,299
- Median home value
- $150,400
- Jobs located here
- 67,505
- Daytime population
- 147,154Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 71 | 12 | 2.6 | $12.4M | +9.9% | #153 of 1,160 |
| 2Will County, IL | 69 | 59 | 2.4 | $13.5M | +2.2% | #175 of 1,160 |
| 3Madison County, IL | 67 | 20 | 1.8 | $15.2M | −1.0% | #212 of 1,160 |
| 4St. Clair County, IL | 66 | 13 | 1.3 | $21M | −2.5% | #222 of 1,160 |
| 5Cook County, IL | 66 | 389 | 1.9 | $15.9M | −1.3% | #225 of 1,160 |
| 6Grundy County, IL | 65 | 5 | 2.4 | $12.4M | +2.9% | #253 of 1,160 |
| 7Peoria County, IL | 63 | 12 | 1.5 | $17M | −1.6% | #277 of 1,160 |
| 8Champaign County, IL | 63 | 16 | 1.9 | $13.7M | +1.8% | #283 of 1,160 |
| 9Sangamon County, IL | 62 | 18 | 2.1 | $12.9M | −1.0% | #309 of 1,160 |
| 10Lake County, IL | 62 | 72 | 2.8 | $12.3M | +0.8% | #313 of 1,160 |
| 13Rock Island County, IL | 55 | 13 | 2.1 | $12M | −1.7% | #466 of 1,160 |
Other business types in Rock Island County
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Questions
How many electricians are in Rock Island County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 electricians in Rock Island County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Rock Island County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $156.1M a year, or $2,529 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12M 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 61,733 households in Rock Island County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rock Island County, IL compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Rock Island County has 2.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12M, in line with the U.S. figure of $12M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,173 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Rock Island County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Rock Island County at 141,869 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,733 households. Median household income in Rock Island County is $67,159, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Rock Island County scores 55 for electricians (upper middle), #466 of 1,160 scored counties.
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