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Electricians in Mecosta County, MI
How Mecosta County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,389 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.3M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,320
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Mecosta County comes to about $39.9M a year: $2,389 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 electricians, that is $13.3M per company, 11% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 3 electricians on map listings in Mecosta County as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Mecosta County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 5,569 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $154K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Mecosta County.
Population estimates show Mecosta County grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 electricians on map listings, Mecosta County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Mecosta County 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.
| Measure | Mecosta County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $13.3M | $11.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,569 | 2,080 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,389 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $60,951 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $154K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Mecosta 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 Mecosta County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,320+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,708
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $60,951+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,230
- Median home value
- $178,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,143
- Daytime population
- 38,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washtenaw County, MI | 75 | 29 | 1.9 | $15.9M | −0.4% | #91 of 1,160 |
| 2Oakland County, MI | 72 | 110 | 2.1 | $15.4M | +1.2% | #132 of 1,160 |
| 3Monroe County, MI | 69 | 11 | 1.7 | $15.7M | +0.7% | #171 of 1,160 |
| 4Ingham County, MI | 66 | 22 | 1.9 | $13.7M | +1.7% | #229 of 1,160 |
| 5Wayne County, MI | 64 | 87 | 1.2 | $20.2M | −1.1% | #261 of 1,160 |
| 6Kent County, MI | 61 | 69 | 2.7 | $10.7M | +2.5% | #339 of 1,160 |
| 7Van Buren County, MI | 58 | 6 | 2.0 | $12.9M | +0.7% | #396 of 1,160 |
| 8Berrien County, MI | 56 | 11 | 1.7 | $15M | −1.3% | #436 of 1,160 |
| 9Macomb County, MI | 55 | 84 | 2.3 | $11.7M | +0.7% | #469 of 1,160 |
| 10Livingston County, MI | 55 | 23 | 3.0 | $10.8M | +1.7% | #476 of 1,160 |
| Mecosta County, MI | Not scored | 3 | 1.8 | $13.3M | +4.7% |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Mecosta County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 electricians in Mecosta County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Mecosta County, MI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $39.9M a year, or $2,389 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 electricians on map listings, it comes to $13.3M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,708 households in Mecosta County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mecosta County, MI compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Mecosta County has 1.8 electricians per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $13.3M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,569 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Mecosta County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Mecosta County at 42,320 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,708 households. Median household income in Mecosta County is $60,951, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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. Mecosta County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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