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Electricians in Stearns County, MN
The electricians in Stearns County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #933 of 1,160 scored counties
#20 of 41 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 30
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- −5.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $167.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,727 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 96% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 164,110
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Stearns County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #933 of 1,160 scored counties and #20 of 41 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 electricians in Stearns County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Stearns County comes to about $167.5M a year: $2,727 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 54% 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 50 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Stearns County in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,228 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Stearns County. Population estimates put the population change in Stearns County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Stearns 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.
| Measure | Stearns County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $9.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,228 | 1,505 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.7% | +0.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,727 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $77,066 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 53 → 50−5.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 505
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 300 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Stearns 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 Stearns County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 164,110+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 61,403
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,343 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $77,066+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,367
- Median home value
- $273,400
- Jobs located here
- 83,579
- Daytime population
- 169,051Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 86 | 21 | 2.0 | $17.2M | +6.9% | #18 of 1,160 |
| 2Dakota County, MN | 85 | 31 | 1.8 | $18.2M | +3.9% | #24 of 1,160 |
| 3Hennepin County, MN | 78 | 87 | 1.6 | $19.9M | +0.2% | #59 of 1,160 |
| 4Ramsey County, MN | 72 | 33 | 1.5 | $19.5M | −1.8% | #126 of 1,160 |
| 5Olmsted County, MN | 68 | 19 | 2.8 | $11.1M | +2.3% | #201 of 1,160 |
| 6Scott County, MN | 65 | 16 | 2.9 | $12.1M | +5.1% | #254 of 1,160 |
| 7Carver County, MN | 61 | 14 | 3.4 | $10.6M | +6.6% | #340 of 1,160 |
| 8Anoka County, MN | 56 | 44 | 3.2 | $9.7M | +4.7% | #455 of 1,160 |
| 9Wright County, MN | 53 | 20 | 3.7 | $8.6M | +11.1% | #523 of 1,160 |
| 10Sherburne County, MN | 45 | 14 | 3.9 | $8M | +6.8% | #717 of 1,160 |
| 20Stearns County, MN | 34 | 30 | 4.9 | $5.6M | +3.6% | #933 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Stearns County, MN?
There are 30 electricians on map listings in Stearns County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Stearns County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $167.5M a year, or $2,727 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 electricians on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,403 households in Stearns County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stearns County, MN compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Stearns County has 4.9 electricians per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $5.6M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Stearns County would have about 14, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,228 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Stearns County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Stearns County at 164,110 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,403 households. The median household income in Stearns County is $77,066 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Stearns County scores 34 for electricians (lower middle), #933 of 1,160 scored counties.
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