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Electricians in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area
The electricians in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #34 of 383 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 324
- 1 chain location (under 1%)
- Official establishments
- 795
- −1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4.7B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,172 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.5M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,790,295
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #34 of 383 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for electricians.
As of September 2026, map listings count 324 electricians in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area. One of them (under 1%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area comes to about $4.7B a year: $3,172 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 324 electricians, that is $14.5M per company, 20% 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 795 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area in 2023, down 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,858 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 60 SBA-backed loans worth $24.4M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area. Population estimates show the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area 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.
| Measure | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $14.5M | $9.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,858 | 1,505 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.5% | +0.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,172 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $99,833 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 795−1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 12,186
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 390The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 60
- Amount
- $24.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,790,295+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,477,259
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,048 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 527
- Median household income
- $99,833+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,158
- Median home value
- $374,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,958,695
- Daytime population
- 3,771,602Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 324 | 2.2 | $14.5M | +2.6% | #34 of 383 |
| 2Rochester, MN | 42 | 36 | 3.9 | $7.9M | +2.0% | #261 of 383 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 40 | 45 | 3.7 | $7.7M | +9.5% | #275 of 383 |
| 3Duluth, MN-WI | 35 | 37 | 3.1 | $8.5M | +0.2% | #312 of 383 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 34 | 42 | 3.8 | $7.3M | +7.7% | #327 of 383 |
| 4Mankato, MN | 27 | 15 | 3.7 | $7.3M | +1.2% | #352 of 383 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 27 | 32 | 4.4 | $6.1M | +0.4% | #354 of 383 |
| 5St. Cloud, MN | 25 | 34 | 4.4 | $6.2M | +3.0% | #359 of 383 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 19 | 15 | 3.4 | $7.6M | +0.8% | #374 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area?
The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area has 324 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (under 1%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 795 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 1.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $4.7B a year, or $3,172 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 324 electricians on map listings, it comes to $14.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,477,259 households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area has 2.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $14.5M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area would have about 390, against 324 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,858 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area at 3,790,295 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,477,259 households. The median household income in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area is $99,833 a year, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area scores 72 for electricians (upper middle), #34 of 383 scored metro areas.
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