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Electricians in the Columbus, IN metro area
The electricians in the Columbus, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #221 of 383 scored metro areas
#7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $92.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,781 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,729
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Columbus metro area comes to about $92.8M a year: $2,781 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 12 electricians on map listings in the Columbus metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Columbus metro area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 1,962 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Columbus metro area grew 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, the Columbus metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #221 of 383 scored metro areas and #7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Columbus metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Columbus metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $11.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,962 | 2,053 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,781 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $79,901 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 200
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Columbus 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 Columbus metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,729+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 33,359
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 205
- Median household income
- $79,901+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,124
- Median home value
- $232,800
- Jobs located here
- 52,041
- Daytime population
- 94,547Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 72 | 184 | 2.0 | $14.2M | +2.7% | #35 of 383 |
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 72 | 184 | 2.2 | $13.1M | +5.4% | #37 of 383 |
| 2South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 63 | 21 | 1.6 | $16M | +0.1% | #77 of 383 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 60 | 834 | 2.3 | $13.3M | 0.0% | #108 of 383 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 60 | 136 | 2.4 | $11.7M | +2.9% | #112 of 383 |
| 3Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 55 | 9 | 2.1 | $12.6M | −0.9% | #155 of 383 |
| 4Terre Haute, IN | 53 | 11 | 1.6 | $14.6M | +0.3% | #170 of 383 |
| 5Muncie, IN | 50 | 9 | 1.9 | $12M | +1.2% | #193 of 383 |
| 6Bloomington, IN | 49 | 16 | 2.4 | $10.8M | +2.0% | #201 of 383 |
| 7Columbus, IN | 47 | 12 | 3.6 | $7.7M | +4.3% | #221 of 383 |
Other business types in the Columbus metro area
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Columbus, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 electricians in the Columbus metro area. 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 the Columbus, IN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $92.8M a year, or $2,781 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 33,359 households in the Columbus metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Columbus metro area has 3.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.7M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Columbus metro area would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,962 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is the Columbus, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus metro area at 85,729 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,359 households. Median household income in the Columbus metro area is $79,901, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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 Columbus metro area scores 47 for electricians (lower middle), #221 of 383 scored metro areas.
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