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Electricians in Middlesex County, NJ
The electricians in Middlesex County, NJ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #71 of 1,160 scored counties
#5 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 64
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 191
- −5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $18.1M
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 883,335
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, Middlesex County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #71 of 1,160 scored counties and #5 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for electricians.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Middlesex County comes to about $1.2B a year: $3,773 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. Spread across 64 electricians, that is $18.1M per company, 51% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 64 electricians on map listings in Middlesex County as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 16% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Middlesex County was 191 in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,611 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $776K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Middlesex County. Population estimates show Middlesex County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Middlesex County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Middlesex County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $18.1M | $13.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,611 | 1,328 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.0% | −2.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,773 | $3,682 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $111,549 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 201 → 191−5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,647
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $206.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 641 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 97The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $776K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 883,335+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 307,782
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,817
- Median household income
- $111,549+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,057
- Median home value
- $462,900
- Jobs located here
- 459,830
- Daytime population
- 901,798Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hudson County, NJ | 87 | 28 | 0.9 | $37.9M | +1.8% | #12 of 1,160 |
| 2Essex County, NJ | 86 | 56 | 1.8 | $19.3M | +4.2% | #17 of 1,160 |
| 3Mercer County, NJ | 80 | 34 | 2.4 | $15.4M | +3.3% | #48 of 1,160 |
| 4Burlington County, NJ | 79 | 40 | 2.3 | $16.5M | +4.3% | #52 of 1,160 |
| 5Middlesex County, NJ | 77 | 64 | 2.1 | $18.1M | +2.6% | #71 of 1,160 |
| 6Gloucester County, NJ | 73 | 27 | 2.4 | $15.1M | +3.3% | #114 of 1,160 |
| 7Camden County, NJ | 73 | 48 | 2.4 | $13.9M | +2.4% | #117 of 1,160 |
| 8Union County, NJ | 72 | 54 | 2.7 | $14.1M | +5.0% | #135 of 1,160 |
| 9Somerset County, NJ | 70 | 42 | 3.2 | $13.4M | +3.5% | #162 of 1,160 |
| 10Bergen County, NJ | 65 | 94 | 2.6 | $15.3M | +2.4% | #242 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Middlesex County, NJ?
As of September 2026, map listings count 64 electricians in Middlesex County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 191 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Middlesex County, NJ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.2B a year, or $3,773 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 electricians on map listings, it comes to $18.1M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 307,782 households in Middlesex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Middlesex County, NJ compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Middlesex County has 2.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $18.1M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Middlesex County would have about 97, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,611 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Middlesex County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Middlesex County at 883,335 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 307,782 households. Median household income in Middlesex County is $111,549, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. Middlesex County scores 77 for electricians (high), #71 of 1,160 scored counties.
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