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Electricians in St. Louis city, MO
How St. Louis city, 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #344 of 1,160 scored counties
#8 of 27 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- −23.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $351.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,424 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19.5M
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 278,144
- −7.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 electricians in St. Louis city. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, 52% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in St. Louis city comes to about $351.2M a year: $2,424 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $19.5M per company, 63% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in St. Louis city classed as electrical contractors, down 23.8% from 2019. That is one for every 4,528 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $393K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in St. Louis city.
Population estimates show St. Louis city declined 7.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. St. Louis city scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #344 of 1,160 scored counties and #8 of 27 scored counties in Missouri.
How St. Louis city 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 | St. Louis city | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $19.5M | $11.7M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,528 | 1,956 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −23.8% | +13.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,424 | $2,667 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $56,160 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42 → 32−23.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,636
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $134.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $393K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in St. Louis city, 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 St. Louis city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 278,144−7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 144,891
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 62 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,675
- Median household income
- $56,160+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,764
- Median home value
- $197,500
- Jobs located here
- 229,379
- Daytime population
- 378,059Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in St. Louis city, MO?
There are 18 electricians on map listings in St. Louis city as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 23.8% from 2019.
How much do households in St. Louis city, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $351.2M a year, or $2,424 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 electricians on map listings, it comes to $19.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 144,891 households in St. Louis city and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis city, MO compare with the U.S. for electricians?
St. Louis city has 1.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $19.5M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, St. Louis city would have about 29, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,528 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 23.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis city, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis city at 278,144 people in 2025, down 7.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 144,891 households. The median household income in St. Louis city is $56,160 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. St. Louis city scores 60 for electricians (upper middle), #344 of 1,160 scored counties.
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