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Electricians in Orleans Parish, LA
The electricians in Orleans Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #325 of 1,160 scored counties
#3 of 22 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 28
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- +17.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $413.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,653 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.8M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 362,154
- −5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Orleans Parish spend about $413.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,653 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 23% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Orleans Parish has 28 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Orleans Parish in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. That is one for every 3,801 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orleans Parish declined 5.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for electricians in Orleans Parish is 61 (upper middle), #325 of 1,160 scored counties and #3 of 22 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Orleans 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 | Orleans Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $14.8M | $9.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,801 | 1,725 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.1% | +10.1% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,653 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $56,631 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35 → 41+17.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 453
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 280 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 362,154−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 155,821
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 170 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,193
- Median household income
- $56,631+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,726
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 192,799
- Daytime population
- 412,758Residents 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 |
Other business types in Orleans Parish
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Questions
How many electricians are in Orleans Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 electricians in Orleans Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Orleans Parish, LA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $413.4M a year, or $2,653 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 electricians on map listings, it comes to $14.8M 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 155,821 households in Orleans Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Orleans Parish has 1.8 electricians per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $14.8M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Orleans Parish would have about 34, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,801 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Orleans Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Orleans Parish at 362,154 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,821 households. Median household income in Orleans Parish is $56,631, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.1%, 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. Orleans Parish scores 61 for electricians (upper middle), #325 of 1,160 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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