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Electricians in Charles County, MD
How Charles County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #274 of 1,160 scored counties
#7 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 22
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- −4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $222.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,656 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.1M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,593
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,656 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in Charles County spend about $222.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $10.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 22 electricians on map listings in Charles County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Charles County was 44 in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,384 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Charles County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Charles County grew 5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Charles County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #274 of 1,160 scored counties and #7 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Charles County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Charles County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $10.1M | $12.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,384 | 1,636 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.3% | −3.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,656 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $122,816 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46 → 44−4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 557
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $40.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 220 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Charles 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 Charles County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 176,593+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 60,875
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 458 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 372
- Median household income
- $122,816+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $141,768
- Median home value
- $428,500
- Jobs located here
- 37,884
- Daytime population
- 129,984Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Montgomery County, MD | 80 | 83 | 2.1 | $18.5M | +1.3% | #47 of 1,160 |
| 2Howard County, MD | 75 | 27 | 2.2 | $18.6M | +1.9% | #87 of 1,160 |
| 3Prince George’s County, MD | 73 | 79 | 2.3 | $14.8M | +0.5% | #115 of 1,160 |
| 4Baltimore city, MD | 67 | 39 | 1.5 | $17.7M | −2.3% | #206 of 1,160 |
| 5Baltimore County, MD | 67 | 69 | 2.1 | $15.6M | −0.7% | #211 of 1,160 |
| 6Cecil County, MD | 65 | 13 | 3.2 | $9.8M | +3.2% | #259 of 1,160 |
| 7Charles County, MD | 64 | 22 | 3.6 | $10.1M | +5.9% | #274 of 1,160 |
| 8Anne Arundel County, MD | 61 | 73 | 3.2 | $11.6M | +1.7% | #334 of 1,160 |
| 9Calvert County, MD | 60 | 8 | 2.4 | $16.2M | +1.7% | #348 of 1,160 |
| 10Frederick County, MD | 60 | 43 | 4.1 | $9.1M | +11.0% | #371 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Charles County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 electricians in Charles County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Charles County, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $222.5M a year, or $3,656 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 electricians on map listings, it comes to $10.1M 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 60,875 households in Charles County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Charles County, MD compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Charles County has 3.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $10.1M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Charles County would have about 19, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,384 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Charles County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Charles County at 176,593 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,875 households. Median household income in Charles County is $122,816, 52% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Charles County scores 64 for electricians (upper middle), #274 of 1,160 scored counties.
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