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Electricians in Kenton County, KY
The electricians in Kenton County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #111 of 1,160 scored counties
#2 of 23 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- +16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $203.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,019 a household
- Spending per listing
- $16.9M
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 175,779
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, Kenton County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #111 of 1,160 scored counties and #2 of 23 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for electricians.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Kenton County comes to about $203.4M a year: $3,019 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $16.9M per company, 41% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Kenton County has 12 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in Kenton County classed as electrical contractors, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,604 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Kenton County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kenton County grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Kenton 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 | Kenton County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $16.9M | $11.9M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,604 | 2,021 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.7% | +8.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,019 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,548 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 42+16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 514
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.4M
- 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
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Kenton 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 Kenton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 175,779+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 67,367
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 160 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,068
- Median household income
- $80,548+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,303
- Median home value
- $244,400
- Jobs located here
- 69,403
- Daytime population
- 152,560Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Kenton County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 electricians in Kenton County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Kenton County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $203.4M a year, or $3,019 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 electricians on map listings, it comes to $16.9M 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 67,367 households in Kenton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenton County, KY compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Kenton County has 1.8 electricians per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $16.9M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Kenton County would have about 17, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,604 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Kenton County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Kenton County at 175,779 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,367 households. Median household income in Kenton County is $80,548, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Kenton County scores 73 for electricians (upper middle), #111 of 1,160 scored counties.
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