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Electricians in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #743 of 1,160 scored counties
#10 of 22 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $125.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,556 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.4M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rapides Parish spend about $125.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,556 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Rapides Parish has 12 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 2,040 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Rapides Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Rapides Parish scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #743 of 1,160 scored counties and #10 of 22 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $10.4M | $9.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,040 | 1,725 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.1% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,556 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 24
- Employees, 2023
- 295
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.1M
- 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
- 10The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents 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 Rapides Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many electricians are in Rapides Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 electricians in Rapides Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $125.1M a year, or $2,556 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 electricians on map listings, it comes to $10.4M 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Rapides Parish has 2.5 electricians per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $10.4M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,040 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 43 for electricians (lower middle), #743 of 1,160 scored counties.
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