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Electricians in Harford County, MD

How Harford 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #399 of 1,160 scored counties
#13 of 23 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
29
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
99
+1.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$354.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,480 a household
Spending per listing
$12.2M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
12% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
266,446
+2.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 29 electricians in Harford County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.

At $3,480 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Harford County spend about $354.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $12.2M per company, 2% above 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 99 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Harford County in 2023, up 1.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,028 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $135K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Harford County.

Population estimates put the population change in Harford County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Harford County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #399 of 1,160 scored counties and #13 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.

How Harford 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.

Electricians in Harford County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureHarford CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.82.72.5
Spending per listing$12.2M$12.8M$12M
Households per official establishment1,0281,6361,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.0%−3.3%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,480$3,443$3,018
Median household income$112,265$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score5862

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
98 → 99+1.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
924
Annual payroll, 2023
$63.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
290 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$135K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Harford 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 Harford County

Population, 2025 estimate
266,446+2.0% since 2020
Households
101,795
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
437 sq. mi.
People per square mile
603
Median household income
$112,265+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$133,186
Median home value
$386,400
Jobs located here
87,506
Daytime population
226,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Maryland

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The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for electricians, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Harford County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Montgomery County, MD80832.1$18.5M+1.3%#47 of 1,160
2Howard County, MD75272.2$18.6M+1.9%#87 of 1,160
3Prince George’s County, MD73792.3$14.8M+0.5%#115 of 1,160
4Baltimore city, MD67391.5$17.7M−2.3%#206 of 1,160
5Baltimore County, MD67692.1$15.6M−0.7%#211 of 1,160
6Cecil County, MD65133.2$9.8M+3.2%#259 of 1,160
7Charles County, MD64223.6$10.1M+5.9%#274 of 1,160
8Anne Arundel County, MD61733.2$11.6M+1.7%#334 of 1,160
9Calvert County, MD6082.4$16.2M+1.7%#348 of 1,160
10Frederick County, MD60434.1$9.1M+11.0%#371 of 1,160
13Harford County, MD58292.8$12.2M+2.0%#399 of 1,160

Other business types in Harford County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many electricians are in Harford County, MD?

Harford County has 29 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 1.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Harford County, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $354.2M a year, or $3,480 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12.2M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 101,795 households in Harford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Harford County, MD compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Harford County has 2.8 electricians per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12.2M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Harford County would have about 30, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,028 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Harford County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Harford County at 266,446 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 101,795 households. The median household income in Harford County is $112,265 a year, 39% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Harford County scores 58 for electricians (upper middle), #399 of 1,160 scored counties.

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