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Electricians in the North Platte, NE area
The electricians in the North Platte, NE area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #275 of 295 scored small-town markets
#8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,480 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 84% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,972
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, the North Platte area has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #275 of 295 scored small-town markets and #8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 electricians in the North Platte area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 84% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in the North Platte area spend about $37.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,480 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 55% 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 11 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the North Platte area in 2023. That is one for every 1,381 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $800K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the North Platte area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the North Platte area declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the North Platte area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | North Platte area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $7.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,381 | 1,194 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,480 | $2,751 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $65,430 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 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
- 1
- Amount
- $800K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the North Platte area, 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 the North Platte area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,972−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,189
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,135 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $65,430
- Average household income
- $79,648
- Median home value
- $189,500
- Jobs located here
- 14,644
- Daytime population
- 34,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, NE | 50 | 6 | 3.5 | $7.6M | +3.8% | #157 of 295 |
| 2Kearney, NE | 36 | 13 | 5.7 | $4.7M | +1.9% | #237 of 295 |
| 3Lexington, NE | 35 | 5 | 5.0 | $5.2M | +1.1% | #243 of 295 |
| 4Fremont, NE | 34 | 8 | 5.3 | $4.9M | +2.6% | #249 of 295 |
| 5Scottsbluff, NE | 33 | 7 | 4.6 | $5.4M | −1.2% | #255 of 295 |
| 6Norfolk, NE | 31 | 9 | 4.6 | $5.6M | +1.1% | #264 of 295 |
| 7Hastings, NE | 25 | 9 | 5.3 | $4.9M | −0.2% | #274 of 295 |
| 8North Platte, NE | 24 | 7 | 4.6 | $5.4M | −3.6% | #275 of 295 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the North Platte, NE area?
There are 7 electricians on map listings in the North Platte area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the North Platte, NE area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $37.7M a year, or $2,480 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 electricians on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,189 households in the North Platte area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the North Platte, NE area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The North Platte area has 4.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $5.4M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the North Platte area would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,381 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is the North Platte, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the North Platte area at 33,972 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,189 households. The median household income in the North Platte area is $65,430 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The North Platte area scores 24 for electricians (low), #275 of 295 scored small-town markets.
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