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Electricians in Benton County, MN

How Benton County, MN 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$44.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,659 a household
Spending per listing
$11.1M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,744
+0.9% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Benton County comes to about $44.5M a year: $2,659 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 electricians, that is $11.1M per company, 7% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

There are 4 electricians on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Benton County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 929 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Benton County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Benton County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 electricians on map listings, Benton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Benton County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Benton County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureBenton CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.43.02.5
Spending per listing$11.1M$9.8M$12M
Households per official establishment9291,5051,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.5%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,659$2,990$3,018
Median household income$74,410$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 18
Employees, 2023
388
Annual payroll, 2023
$29.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Benton 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 Benton County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,744+0.9% since 2020
Households
16,719
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
408 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$74,410+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,507
Median home value
$271,000
Jobs located here
17,991
Daytime population
38,524Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for electricians, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Benton County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, MN86212.0$17.2M+6.9%#18 of 1,160
2Dakota County, MN85311.8$18.2M+3.9%#24 of 1,160
3Hennepin County, MN78871.6$19.9M+0.2%#59 of 1,160
4Ramsey County, MN72331.5$19.5M−1.8%#126 of 1,160
5Olmsted County, MN68192.8$11.1M+2.3%#201 of 1,160
6Scott County, MN65162.9$12.1M+5.1%#254 of 1,160
7Carver County, MN61143.4$10.6M+6.6%#340 of 1,160
8Anoka County, MN56443.2$9.7M+4.7%#455 of 1,160
9Wright County, MN53203.7$8.6M+11.1%#523 of 1,160
10Sherburne County, MN45143.9$8M+6.8%#717 of 1,160
Benton County, MNNot scored42.4$11.1M+0.9%

Other business types in Benton County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Benton County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 electricians in Benton County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Benton County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $44.5M a year, or $2,659 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11.1M 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 16,719 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Benton County, MN compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Benton County has 2.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $11.1M, 7% below 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 929 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Benton County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Benton County at 41,744 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,719 households. Median household income in Benton County is $74,410, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Benton County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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