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Electricians in Passaic County, NJ
How Passaic 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #439 of 1,160 scored counties
#14 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 48
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 182
- −0.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $603M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,370 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.6M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 531,624
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 electricians in Passaic County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Passaic County comes to about $603M a year: $3,370 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $12.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 5% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Passaic County was 182 in 2023, down 0.5% from 2019. That is one for every 983 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $432K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Passaic County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Passaic County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for electricians in Passaic County is 56 (upper middle), #439 of 1,160 scored counties and #14 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Passaic 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 | Passaic County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $12.6M | $13.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 983 | 1,328 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.5% | −2.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,370 | $3,682 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $87,522 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 183 → 182−0.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,536
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $134.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 480 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $432K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Passaic 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 Passaic County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 531,624+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 178,936
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 186 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,799
- Median household income
- $87,522+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,487
- Median home value
- $459,500
- Jobs located here
- 183,159
- Daytime population
- 455,260Residents 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 |
| 14Passaic County, NJ | 56 | 48 | 2.7 | $12.6M | +1.6% | #439 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Passaic County, NJ?
There are 48 electricians on map listings in Passaic County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 182 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 0.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Passaic County, NJ spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $603M a year, or $3,370 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12.6M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 178,936 households in Passaic County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Passaic County, NJ compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Passaic County has 2.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12.6M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Passaic County would have about 50, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 983 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Passaic County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Passaic County at 531,624 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 178,936 households. The median household income in Passaic County is $87,522 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Passaic County scores 56 for electricians (upper middle), #439 of 1,160 scored counties.
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