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Electricians in Washington County, MD
How Washington 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #713 of 1,160 scored counties
#14 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 21
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- +12.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $174.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,916 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.3M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,731
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 electricians in Washington County. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Washington County comes to about $174.4M a year: $2,916 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 electricians, that is $8.3M per company, 31% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Washington County was 45 in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,329 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Washington County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washington County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, Washington County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #713 of 1,160 scored counties and #14 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.
How Washington 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 | Washington County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $8.3M | $12.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,329 | 1,636 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.5% | −3.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,916 | $3,443 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $77,747 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 45+12.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 601
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $40.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 211 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Washington 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 Washington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,731+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 59,818
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 458 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 340
- Median household income
- $77,747+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,335
- Median home value
- $296,100
- Jobs located here
- 66,246
- Daytime population
- 152,730Residents 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 |
| 14Washington County, MD | 45 | 21 | 3.5 | $8.3M | +2.0% | #713 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Washington County, MD?
Washington County has 21 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Washington County, MD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $174.4M a year, or $2,916 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 electricians on map listings, it comes to $8.3M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 59,818 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washington County, MD compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Washington County has 3.5 electricians per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $8.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Washington County would have about 15, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,329 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Washington County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Washington County at 157,731 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 59,818 households. The median household income in Washington County is $77,747 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.8% 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. Washington County scores 45 for electricians (lower middle), #713 of 1,160 scored counties.
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