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Electricians in St. Louis County, MO
How St. Louis 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #191 of 1,160 scored counties
#5 of 27 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 83
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 167
- +3.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.9M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 990,911
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 83 electricians in St. Louis County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in St. Louis County spend about $1.2B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,997 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 83 electricians, that is $14.9M per company, 24% 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 167 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in St. Louis County in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,478 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in St. Louis County.
Population estimates show St. Louis County declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for electricians in St. Louis County is 68 (upper middle), #191 of 1,160 scored counties and #5 of 27 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How St. Louis 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 | St. Louis County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $14.9M | $11.7M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,478 | 1,956 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.7% | +13.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,997 | $2,667 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $82,936 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 161 → 167+3.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,000
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $480.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 830 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 103The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in St. Louis 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 St. Louis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 990,911−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 413,849
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 509 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,958
- Median household income
- $82,936+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,036
- Median home value
- $276,800
- Jobs located here
- 655,776
- Daytime population
- 1,175,839Residents 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 County, MO?
St. Louis County has 83 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 167 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019.
How much do households in St. Louis County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.2B a year, or $2,997 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 83 electricians on map listings, it comes to $14.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 413,849 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis County, MO compare with the U.S. for electricians?
St. Louis County has 2.0 electricians per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $14.9M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 103, against 83 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,478 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis County, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis County at 990,911 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 413,849 households. The median household income in St. Louis County is $82,936 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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 County scores 68 for electricians (upper middle), #191 of 1,160 scored counties.
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