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Electricians in the Lake Charles, LA metro area
The electricians in the Lake Charles, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #363 of 383 scored metro areas
#8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 32
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- +14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $252.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,744 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.9M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 244,655
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, the Lake Charles metro area has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #363 of 383 scored metro areas and #8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 electricians in the Lake Charles metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in the Lake Charles metro area spend about $252.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,744 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 32 electricians, that is $7.9M per company, 34% 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.
Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Lake Charles metro area in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,416 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Lake Charles metro area. Population estimates show the Lake Charles metro area declined 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Lake Charles metro area 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 | Lake Charles metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.9M | $9.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,416 | 1,725 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.3% | +10.1% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,744 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $66,700 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65+14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 556
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 320 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 244,655−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 92,043
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,006 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $66,700
- Average household income
- $91,252
- Median home value
- $207,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,089
- Daytime population
- 245,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for electricians, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Lake Charles metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hammond, LA | 63 | 9 | 1.7 | $14.8M | +5.8% | #78 of 383 |
| 2Baton Rouge, LA | 46 | 92 | 2.8 | $10.2M | +2.1% | #224 of 383 |
| 3Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 43 | 38 | 3.6 | $8.4M | +5.3% | #250 of 383 |
| 4Alexandria, LA | 41 | 13 | 2.3 | $11.1M | −2.5% | #262 of 383 |
| 5Lafayette, LA | 36 | 49 | 3.0 | $8.9M | +3.8% | #306 of 383 |
| 6New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 35 | 120 | 3.0 | $9M | −3.4% | #310 of 383 |
| 7Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 31 | 44 | 2.8 | $9.1M | −2.3% | #343 of 383 |
| 8Lake Charles, LA | 23 | 32 | 3.5 | $7.9M | −3.8% | #363 of 383 |
| 9Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 22 | 30 | 3.8 | $7.1M | −3.5% | #366 of 383 |
| 10Monroe, LA | 17 | 28 | 3.2 | $7.6M | −1.9% | #377 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Lake Charles, LA metro area?
There are 32 electricians on map listings in the Lake Charles metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Lake Charles, LA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $252.6M a year, or $2,744 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 92,043 households in the Lake Charles metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lake Charles, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Lake Charles metro area has 3.5 electricians per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.9M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Lake Charles metro area would have about 21, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,416 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lake Charles, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lake Charles metro area at 244,655 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 92,043 households. The median household income in the Lake Charles metro area is $66,700 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Lake Charles metro area scores 23 for electricians (low), #363 of 383 scored metro areas.
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