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Electricians in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #259 of 295 scored small-town markets
#4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico

Listings
15
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
24
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$64.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,712 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
64% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
2.6 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
62,509
+0.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for electricians in the Carlsbad-Artesia area is 32 (lower middle), #259 of 295 scored small-town markets and #4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 electricians in the Carlsbad-Artesia area. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 2.5.

Households in the Carlsbad-Artesia area spend about $64.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,712 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per company, 64% 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 24 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Carlsbad-Artesia area in 2023. That is one for every 984 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Carlsbad-Artesia area. Population estimates show the Carlsbad-Artesia area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Carlsbad-Artesia area compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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.

Electricians in Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureCarlsbad-Artesia areaNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.43.02.5
Spending per listing$4.3M$8.4M$12M
Households per official establishment9841,3861,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,712$2,559$3,018
Median household income$78,426$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3220

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24
Employees, 2023
473
Annual payroll, 2023
$40.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
151 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Carlsbad-Artesia 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 Carlsbad-Artesia area

Population, 2025 estimate
62,509+0.3% since 2020
Households
23,620
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,176 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$78,426+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,979
Median home value
$212,600
Jobs located here
30,860
Daytime population
65,233Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for electricians, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Carlsbad-Artesia area marked.

Top small-town markets in New Mexico

Small-town markets in New Mexico ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Los Alamos, NM5856.1$6.3M0.0%#103 of 295
2Alamogordo, NM46104.1$5.9M+3.7%#181 of 295
3Roswell, NM3873.0$7.8M−2.7%#217 of 295
4Carlsbad-Artesia, NM32156.4$4.3M+0.3%#259 of 295
5Hobbs, NM23187.3$3.6M+0.2%#280 of 295
6Clovis, NM18145.4$4.3M−3.3%#291 of 295

Other business types in the Carlsbad-Artesia area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many electricians are in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area?

There are 15 electricians on map listings in the Carlsbad-Artesia area as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $64.1M a year, or $2,712 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 electricians on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,620 households in the Carlsbad-Artesia area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Carlsbad-Artesia area has 6.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $4.3M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Carlsbad-Artesia area would have about 5, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 984 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area growing?

Population estimates put the Carlsbad-Artesia area at 62,509 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,620 households. The median household income in the Carlsbad-Artesia area is $78,426 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.1% 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. 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 Carlsbad-Artesia area scores 32 for electricians (lower middle), #259 of 295 scored small-town markets.

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