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Electricians in Monmouth County, NJ
How Monmouth County, NJ compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #502 of 1,160 scored counties
#15 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 93
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 245
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $4,046 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 651,035
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Monmouth County comes to about $1B a year: $4,046 per household, 34% above the U.S. average. That works out to $11M per company, 9% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Monmouth County has 93 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 48% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 245 businesses with payroll in Monmouth County classed as electrical contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,027 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $8.6M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Monmouth County.
Population estimates put the population change in Monmouth County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for electricians in Monmouth County is 54 (upper middle), #502 of 1,160 scored counties and #15 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Monmouth 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 | Monmouth County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $11M | $13.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,027 | 1,328 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −2.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $4,046 | $3,682 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $124,845 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 245 → 2450.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,048
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $258.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 930 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $8.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Monmouth 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 Monmouth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 651,035+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 251,712
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,378
- Median household income
- $124,845+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,718
- Median home value
- $606,100
- Jobs located here
- 274,570
- Daytime population
- 600,595Residents 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 |
| 15Monmouth County, NJ | 54 | 93 | 3.7 | $11M | +1.4% | #502 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Monmouth County, NJ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 93 electricians in Monmouth County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 245 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Monmouth County, NJ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1B a year, or $4,046 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11M 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 251,712 households in Monmouth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monmouth County, NJ compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Monmouth County has 3.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $11M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Monmouth County would have about 85, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,027 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Monmouth County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Monmouth County at 651,035 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 251,712 households. Median household income in Monmouth County is $124,845, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Monmouth County scores 54 for electricians (upper middle), #502 of 1,160 scored counties.
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