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Electricians in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area
The electricians in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #325 of 383 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 49
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 147
- +8.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $373.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,535 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.6M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 84% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 233,539
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for electricians in the Barnstable Town metro area is 34 (lower middle), #325 of 383 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 electricians in the Barnstable Town metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 84% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Barnstable Town metro area comes to about $373.9M a year: $3,535 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $7.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 36% 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 147 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Barnstable Town metro area in 2023, up 8.1% from 2019. That is one for every 720 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $615K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Barnstable Town metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Barnstable Town metro area grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Barnstable Town metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Barnstable Town metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.6M | $10.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 720 | 1,055 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.1% | +7.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,535 | $3,680 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $95,241 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 147+8.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 643
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $49M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 490 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $615K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Barnstable Town 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 Barnstable Town metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 233,539+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 105,777
- Median age
- 53.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 588
- Median household income
- $95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,349
- Median home value
- $629,000
- Jobs located here
- 87,424
- Daytime population
- 221,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for electricians, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Barnstable Town metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 59 | 157 | 2.3 | $14.1M | +2.1% | #115 of 383 |
| 1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 53 | 22 | 3.5 | $9.3M | +10.4% | #176 of 383 |
| 2Worcester, MA | 50 | 111 | 3.3 | $10.5M | +3.7% | #196 of 383 |
| 3Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 49 | 699 | 3.6 | $10.8M | +2.3% | #202 of 383 |
| 4Springfield, MA | 48 | 48 | 2.6 | $11.5M | +0.2% | #211 of 383 |
| 5Barnstable Town, MA | 34 | 49 | 4.6 | $7.6M | +2.4% | #325 of 383 |
| 6Pittsfield, MA | 22 | 27 | 4.7 | $6.7M | −1.2% | #367 of 383 |
Other business types in the Barnstable Town metro area
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area?
The Barnstable Town metro area has 49 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 147 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 8.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $373.9M a year, or $3,535 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.6M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,777 households in the Barnstable Town metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Barnstable Town metro area has 4.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Barnstable Town metro area would have about 31, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 720 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Barnstable Town, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Barnstable Town metro area at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. The median household income in the Barnstable Town metro area is $95,241 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.1% 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. The Barnstable Town metro area scores 34 for electricians (lower middle), #325 of 383 scored metro areas.
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