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Electricians in Boyd County, KY
How Boyd County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #897 of 1,160 scored counties
#20 of 23 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,530 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,751
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Boyd County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #897 of 1,160 scored counties and #20 of 23 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 electricians in Boyd County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 3.6 for every 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
At $2,530 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Boyd County spend about $48.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 7 electricians, that is $7M per company, 42% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Boyd County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,414 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boyd County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Boyd County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Boyd County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $11.9M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,414 | 2,021 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,530 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,118 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 88
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Boyd 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 Boyd County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,751−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,309
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 160 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 300
- Median household income
- $61,118+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,641
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 24,266
- Daytime population
- 53,925Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, KY | 85 | 8 | 1.6 | $20.8M | +6.5% | #23 of 1,160 |
| 2Kenton County, KY | 73 | 12 | 1.8 | $16.9M | +3.9% | #111 of 1,160 |
| 3Madison County, KY | 70 | 9 | 2.4 | $11M | +9.4% | #169 of 1,160 |
| 4Campbell County, KY | 67 | 7 | 1.8 | $16.8M | +2.5% | #208 of 1,160 |
| 5Oldham County, KY | 63 | 8 | 3.5 | $10.7M | +4.9% | #293 of 1,160 |
| 6Scott County, KY | 60 | 7 | 3.1 | $9.9M | +8.2% | #369 of 1,160 |
| 7Warren County, KY | 59 | 14 | 2.5 | $10.7M | +10.6% | #383 of 1,160 |
| 8Jefferson County, KY | 59 | 91 | 2.7 | $10.3M | +1.6% | #384 of 1,160 |
| 9Fayette County, KY | 59 | 42 | 3.0 | $9.6M | +2.2% | #390 of 1,160 |
| 10Bullitt County, KY | 58 | 9 | 2.8 | $10.4M | +5.0% | #405 of 1,160 |
| 20Boyd County, KY | 36 | 7 | 3.6 | $7M | −0.9% | #897 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Boyd County, KY?
There are 7 electricians on map listings in Boyd County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Boyd County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $48.8M a year, or $2,530 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,309 households in Boyd County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boyd County, KY compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Boyd County has 3.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Boyd County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,414 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Boyd County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Boyd County at 47,751 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,309 households. The median household income in Boyd County is $61,118 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Boyd County scores 36 for electricians (lower middle), #897 of 1,160 scored counties.
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