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Electricians in Richmond County, NY
How Richmond County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #351 of 1,160 scored counties
#25 of 46 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 44
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 161
- −4.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $602M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,525 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.7M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 501,290
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Richmond County comes to about $602M a year: $3,525 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 44 electricians, that is $13.7M per company, 14% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Richmond County has 44 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Richmond County was 161 in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,061 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $965K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Richmond County.
Population estimates show Richmond County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Richmond County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #351 of 1,160 scored counties and #25 of 46 scored counties in New York.
How Richmond County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Richmond County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $13.7M | $13.9M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,061 | 1,473 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.2% | −0.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,525 | $3,373 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $98,333 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 168 → 161−4.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,141
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $191.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 440 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
- 5
- Amount
- $965K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Richmond 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 Richmond County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 501,290+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 170,777
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.4
- Land area
- 58 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8,604
- Median household income
- $98,333+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,747
- Median home value
- $675,500
- Jobs located here
- 129,021
- Daytime population
- 400,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New York County, NY | 81 | 99 | 1.3 | $30M | −1.3% | #40 of 1,160 |
| 2Oswego County, NY | 77 | 5 | 1.1 | $27.2M | +1.0% | #67 of 1,160 |
| 3Tompkins County, NY | 74 | 8 | 1.8 | $16.8M | −1.4% | #101 of 1,160 |
| 4Onondaga County, NY | 72 | 34 | 1.7 | $18M | −1.9% | #127 of 1,160 |
| 5Madison County, NY | 72 | 5 | 1.9 | $16M | −1.2% | #130 of 1,160 |
| 6Saratoga County, NY | 72 | 29 | 2.8 | $12.5M | +2.3% | #140 of 1,160 |
| 7Orange County, NY | 71 | 28 | 2.0 | $17.1M | +4.2% | #146 of 1,160 |
| 8Erie County, NY | 71 | 78 | 1.9 | $15.9M | −0.6% | #148 of 1,160 |
| 9Ontario County, NY | 68 | 9 | 1.9 | $17.1M | +0.6% | #188 of 1,160 |
| 10Albany County, NY | 68 | 31 | 2.3 | $14.1M | +2.2% | #196 of 1,160 |
| 25Richmond County, NY | 60 | 44 | 2.6 | $13.7M | +1.3% | #351 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Richmond County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 electricians in Richmond County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 161 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Richmond County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $602M a year, or $3,525 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 electricians on map listings, it comes to $13.7M 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 170,777 households in Richmond County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richmond County, NY compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Richmond County has 2.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $13.7M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Richmond County would have about 50, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,061 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Richmond County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Richmond County at 501,290 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 170,777 households. Median household income in Richmond County is $98,333, 22% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.8%, 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. Richmond County scores 60 for electricians (upper middle), #351 of 1,160 scored counties.
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