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Electricians in the Salisbury, MD metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in the Salisbury, MD metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #253 of 383 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- −24.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $137.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,824 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.1M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,872
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 electricians in the Salisbury metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 3.5 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
At $2,824 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Salisbury metro area spend about $137.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $8.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 32% below 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 28 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Salisbury metro area in 2023, down 24.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,744 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Salisbury metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Salisbury metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, the Salisbury metro area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #253 of 383 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland.
How the Salisbury metro area 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 | Salisbury metro area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $8.1M | $12.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,744 | 1,636 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −24.3% | −3.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,824 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,802 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28−24.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 221
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Salisbury metro area, 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 the Salisbury metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,872+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,818
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 694 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $73,802
- Average household income
- $94,881
- Median home value
- $241,200
- Jobs located here
- 49,837
- Daytime population
- 123,772Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for electricians, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Salisbury metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 85 | 515 | 2.2 | $17.7M | +3.3% | #4 of 383 |
| 1Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 63 | 32 | 2.7 | $10.7M | +7.1% | #84 of 383 |
| 2Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 61 | 286 | 2.6 | $13.2M | +0.4% | #99 of 383 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 61 | 697 | 2.8 | $12.1M | +1.4% | #102 of 383 |
| 3Lexington Park, MD | 51 | 24 | 3.2 | $11.8M | +2.1% | #183 of 383 |
| 4Salisbury, MD | 43 | 17 | 3.5 | $8.1M | +2.9% | #253 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Salisbury, MD metro area?
There are 17 electricians on map listings in the Salisbury metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 24.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Salisbury, MD metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $137.9M a year, or $2,824 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 electricians on map listings, it comes to $8.1M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,818 households in the Salisbury metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salisbury, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Salisbury metro area has 3.5 electricians per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $8.1M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Salisbury metro area would have about 12, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,744 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 24.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Salisbury, MD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Salisbury metro area at 131,872 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,818 households. The median household income in the Salisbury metro area is $73,802 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Salisbury metro area scores 43 for electricians (lower middle), #253 of 383 scored metro areas.
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