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Electricians in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area

How the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #59 of 383 scored metro areas
#3 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan

Listings
328
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
798
+6.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$4.9B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,798 a household
Spending per listing
$15.1M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.9
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,390,913
+0.1% 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 328 electricians in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

At $2,798 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area spend about $4.9B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 328 electricians, that is $15.1M per company, 26% 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 798 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,217 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 50 SBA-backed loans worth $13.3M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for electricians in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area is 67 (upper middle), #59 of 383 scored metro areas and #3 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureDetroit-Warren-Dearborn metro areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.92.42.5
Spending per listing$15.1M$11.5M$12M
Households per official establishment2,2172,0801,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.0%+10.7%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,798$2,711$3,018
Median household income$76,664$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score6749

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
798+6.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
11,538
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3280 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
412The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
50
Amount
$13.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
4,390,913+0.1% since 2020
Households
1,768,816
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
3,893 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,124
Median household income
$76,664+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,167
Median home value
$249,700
Jobs located here
1,848,019
Daytime population
4,411,570Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Michigan

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for electricians, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Michigan

Metro areas in Michigan ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ann Arbor, MI76291.9$15.9M−0.4%#16 of 383
2Monroe, MI70111.7$15.7M+0.7%#43 of 383
3Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI673281.9$15.1M+0.1%#59 of 383
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI63211.6$16M+0.1%#77 of 383
4Lansing-East Lansing, MI58442.3$11.7M+1.4%#131 of 383
5Niles, MI55111.7$15M−1.3%#152 of 383
6Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI491282.9$9.8M+2.8%#204 of 383
7Battle Creek, MI47122.3$11.2M−0.6%#218 of 383
8Kalamazoo-Portage, MI46302.8$9.7M+0.8%#225 of 383
9Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI43172.5$9.8M+1.8%#248 of 383

Other business types in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area

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

Questions

How many electricians are in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area?

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has 328 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 798 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $4.9B a year, or $2,798 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 328 electricians on map listings, it comes to $15.1M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,768,816 households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has 1.9 electricians per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $15.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area would have about 412, against 328 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,217 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area at 4,390,913 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,768,816 households. The median household income in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area is $76,664 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area scores 67 for electricians (upper middle), #59 of 383 scored metro areas.

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