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Electricians in Lafayette Parish, LA
How Lafayette Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #641 of 1,160 scored counties
#8 of 22 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 36
- 3 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 69
- +3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $279.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,771 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.8M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Lafayette Parish comes to about $279.6M a year: $2,771 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 36 electricians on map listings in Lafayette Parish as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 8%, against 1% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Lafayette Parish in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,462 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.4M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Lafayette Parish.
Population estimates show Lafayette Parish grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, Lafayette Parish has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #641 of 1,160 scored counties and #8 of 22 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Lafayette Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.8M | $9.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,462 | 1,725 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.0% | +10.1% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,771 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 67 → 69+3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 836
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $62M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 363 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Lafayette Parish, 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 70 | 13 | 2.7 | $11.7M | +6.4% | #166 of 1,160 |
| 2Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 65 | 9 | 1.7 | $14.8M | +5.8% | #243 of 1,160 |
| 3Orleans Parish, LA | 61 | 28 | 1.8 | $14.8M | −5.5% | #325 of 1,160 |
| 4Bossier Parish, LA | 58 | 15 | 3.0 | $9.4M | +2.5% | #410 of 1,160 |
| 5Livingston Parish, LA | 55 | 14 | 2.6 | $10.8M | +8.5% | #475 of 1,160 |
| 6St. Tammany Parish, LA | 50 | 38 | 3.6 | $8.4M | +5.3% | #590 of 1,160 |
| 7East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 49 | 52 | 2.9 | $9.4M | +0.1% | #614 of 1,160 |
| 8Lafayette Parish, LA | 48 | 36 | 3.6 | $7.8M | +6.5% | #641 of 1,160 |
| 9St. Landry Parish, LA | 45 | 6 | 1.9 | $12M | −1.9% | #695 of 1,160 |
| 10Rapides Parish, LA | 43 | 12 | 2.5 | $10.4M | −2.9% | #743 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Lafayette Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 36 electricians in Lafayette Parish. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $279.6M a year, or $2,771 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.8M 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 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Lafayette Parish has 3.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.8M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 23, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,462 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 48 for electricians (lower middle), #641 of 1,160 scored counties.
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