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Electricians in Howard County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Howard County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #87 of 1,160 scored counties
#2 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 27
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 79
- −5.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $502.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $4,150 a household
- Spending per listing
- $18.6M
- 55% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 339,183
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for electricians in Howard County is 75 (high), #87 of 1,160 scored counties and #2 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for electricians.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 electricians in Howard County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Howard County spend about $502.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $4,150 per household, 38% above the U.S. average. That is about $18.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 55% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 79 businesses with payroll in Howard County classed as electrical contractors, down 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,532 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $645K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Howard County. Population estimates show Howard County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $18.6M | $12.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,532 | 1,636 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.9% | −3.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $4,150 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $149,763 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84 → 79−5.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,530
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $96.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 270 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $645K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 339,183+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 121,065
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 251 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,340
- Median household income
- $149,763+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $184,243
- Median home value
- $597,900
- Jobs located here
- 185,575
- Daytime population
- 363,145Residents 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 Howard County, MD?
There are 27 electricians on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 5.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Howard County, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $502.5M a year, or $4,150 per household. That is 38% above the U.S. average (an index of 138, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 electricians on map listings, it comes to $18.6M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 121,065 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, MD compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Howard County has 2.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $18.6M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Howard County would have about 42, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,532 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 339,183 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,065 households. The median household income in Howard County is $149,763 a year, 86% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Howard County scores 75 for electricians (high), #87 of 1,160 scored counties.
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