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Electricians in Bates County, MO

How Bates County, MO 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,405 a household
Spending per listing
$7.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,512
+2.9% since 2020

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What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 electricians in Bates County. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Bates County comes to about $14.8M a year: $2,405 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.4M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Bates County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 2,053 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Bates County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 electricians on map listings, Bates County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bates County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Bates County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureBates CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.22.32.5
Spending per listing$7.4M$11.7M$12M
Households per official establishment2,0531,9561,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,405$2,667$3,018
Median household income$60,733$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$458K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
16,512+2.9% since 2020
Households
6,158
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
837 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$60,733+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,380
Median home value
$170,800
Jobs located here
3,729
Daytime population
14,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Charles County, MO79342.1$15.1M+4.9%#54 of 1,160
2Platte County, MO76122.7$11.4M+6.7%#84 of 1,160
3Cass County, MO7361.4$20.8M+7.1%#110 of 1,160
4Boone County, MO69172.2$12.2M+4.2%#181 of 1,160
5St. Louis County, MO68832.0$14.9M−1.2%#191 of 1,160
6Clay County, MO64222.2$13.4M+4.3%#265 of 1,160
7Jefferson County, MO62192.2$12.9M+2.7%#310 of 1,160
8St. Louis city, MO60181.2$19.5M−7.4%#344 of 1,160
9Jackson County, MO55702.3$11.5M+2.1%#470 of 1,160
10Johnson County, MO5352.4$10.7M+4.9%#516 of 1,160
Bates County, MONot scored23.2$7.4M+2.9%

Other business types in Bates County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Bates County, MO?

Bates County has 2 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Bates County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $14.8M a year, or $2,405 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.4M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,158 households in Bates County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bates County, MO compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Bates County has 2 electricians on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Bates County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,053 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Bates County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Bates County at 16,512 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,158 households. The median household income in Bates County is $60,733 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Bates County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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