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Electricians in the Rockford, IL metro area
The electricians in the Rockford, IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #143 of 383 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 27
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- −7.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $351.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,594 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 337,242
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 electricians in the Rockford metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.0 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Rockford metro area comes to about $351.4M a year: $2,594 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $13M of household spending for each company on map listings, 8% 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 50 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Rockford metro area in 2023, down 7.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,709 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Rockford metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Rockford metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #143 of 383 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Rockford metro area 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 | Rockford metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $13M | $12.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,709 | 1,873 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.4% | −1.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,594 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,033 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50−7.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 409
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 271 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Rockford 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 Rockford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 337,242−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 135,474
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 794 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 424
- Median household income
- $68,033+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,321
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 135,218
- Daytime population
- 319,715Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for electricians, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Rockford metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 68 | 222 | 1.9 | $14.9M | −0.2% | #53 of 383 |
| 1Champaign-Urbana, IL | 61 | 19 | 1.9 | $13.3M | +1.5% | #97 of 383 |
| 2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 60 | 834 | 2.3 | $13.3M | 0.0% | #108 of 383 |
| 3Springfield, IL | 59 | 19 | 2.1 | $12.9M | −1.2% | #119 of 383 |
| 4Rockford, IL | 56 | 27 | 2.0 | $13M | −0.3% | #143 of 383 |
| 5Bloomington, IL | 56 | 17 | 2.4 | $11.6M | +0.1% | #147 of 383 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 49 | 39 | 2.4 | $11.1M | −0.9% | #200 of 383 |
| 6Peoria, IL | 48 | 36 | 2.3 | $11.5M | −1.3% | #209 of 383 |
| 7Kankakee, IL | 36 | 12 | 2.9 | $9.1M | −1.7% | #305 of 383 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 36 | 12 | 3.1 | $8M | +1.7% | #307 of 383 |
Other business types in the Rockford metro area
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Rockford, IL metro area?
There are 27 electricians on map listings in the Rockford metro area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 7.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Rockford, IL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $351.4M a year, or $2,594 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 electricians on map listings, it comes to $13M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 135,474 households in the Rockford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rockford, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Rockford metro area has 2.0 electricians per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $13M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Rockford metro area would have about 29, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,709 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Rockford, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rockford metro area at 337,242 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 135,474 households. The median household income in the Rockford metro area is $68,033 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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 Rockford metro area scores 56 for electricians (upper middle), #143 of 383 scored metro areas.
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