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Electricians in Lafayette County, MO
How Lafayette County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #833 of 1,160 scored counties
#21 of 27 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,720 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,531
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 electricians in Lafayette County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 4.0 for every 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Lafayette County spend about $34.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,720 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 43% 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 7 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Lafayette County in 2023. That is one for every 1,797 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lafayette County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lafayette County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #833 of 1,160 scored counties and #21 of 27 scored counties in Missouri.
How Lafayette 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.
| Measure | Lafayette County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $11.7M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,797 | 1,956 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,720 | $2,667 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,612 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $607K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,531+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,576
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $80,612+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,896
- Median home value
- $216,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,542
- Daytime population
- 27,087Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Charles County, MO | 79 | 34 | 2.1 | $15.1M | +4.9% | #54 of 1,160 |
| 2Platte County, MO | 76 | 12 | 2.7 | $11.4M | +6.7% | #84 of 1,160 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 73 | 6 | 1.4 | $20.8M | +7.1% | #110 of 1,160 |
| 4Boone County, MO | 69 | 17 | 2.2 | $12.2M | +4.2% | #181 of 1,160 |
| 5St. Louis County, MO | 68 | 83 | 2.0 | $14.9M | −1.2% | #191 of 1,160 |
| 6Clay County, MO | 64 | 22 | 2.2 | $13.4M | +4.3% | #265 of 1,160 |
| 7Jefferson County, MO | 62 | 19 | 2.2 | $12.9M | +2.7% | #310 of 1,160 |
| 8St. Louis city, MO | 60 | 18 | 1.2 | $19.5M | −7.4% | #344 of 1,160 |
| 9Jackson County, MO | 55 | 70 | 2.3 | $11.5M | +2.1% | #470 of 1,160 |
| 10Johnson County, MO | 53 | 5 | 2.4 | $10.7M | +4.9% | #516 of 1,160 |
| 21Lafayette County, MO | 40 | 5 | 4.0 | $6.8M | +1.4% | #833 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Lafayette County, MO?
There are 5 electricians on map listings in Lafayette County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Lafayette County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $34.2M a year, or $2,720 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 electricians on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,576 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette County, MO compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Lafayette County has 4.0 electricians per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $6.8M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Lafayette County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,797 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette County at 33,531 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. The median household income in Lafayette County is $80,612 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.2% 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. Lafayette County scores 40 for electricians (lower middle), #833 of 1,160 scored counties.
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