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Electricians in Chatham County, NC

How Chatham County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #63 of 1,160 scored counties
#3 of 53 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$111.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,388 a household
Spending per listing
$14M
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
85,111
+11.0% 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

For electricians, Chatham County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #63 of 1,160 scored counties and #3 of 53 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for electricians.

Households in Chatham County spend about $111.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,388 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $14M of household spending for each company on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

Chatham County has 8 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Chatham County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 1,572 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $225K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Chatham County. Population estimates show Chatham County grew 11.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Chatham County compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Chatham County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureChatham CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.42.62.5
Spending per listing$14M$11.1M$12M
Households per official establishment1,5721,3861,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.0%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,388$2,889$3,018
Median household income$94,317$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score7854

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 21
Employees, 2023
192
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$225K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Chatham 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 Chatham County

Population, 2025 estimate
85,111+11.0% since 2020
Households
33,004
Median age
47.2
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
682 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$94,317+40.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$138,537
Median home value
$446,200
Jobs located here
20,863
Daytime population
66,832Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for electricians, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Chatham County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mecklenburg County, NC791062.3$14.3M+10.5%#56 of 1,160
2Onslow County, NC78121.6$17M+6.0%#61 of 1,160
3Chatham County, NC7882.4$14M+11.0%#63 of 1,160
4Orange County, NC76132.3$14.7M+6.1%#82 of 1,160
5Durham County, NC76352.5$12.6M+7.7%#83 of 1,160
6Wake County, NC751312.8$12.3M+11.2%#97 of 1,160
7Craven County, NC7061.4$18.9M+3.5%#158 of 1,160
8Cabarrus County, NC70192.3$14.1M+9.9%#161 of 1,160
9Forsyth County, NC70342.1$13M+5.0%#163 of 1,160
10Gaston County, NC68181.9$14.2M+7.8%#195 of 1,160

Other business types in Chatham County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Chatham County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 electricians in Chatham County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Chatham County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $111.8M a year, or $3,388 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 electricians on map listings, it comes to $14M 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 33,004 households in Chatham County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chatham County, NC compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Chatham County has 2.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $14M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Chatham County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,572 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Chatham County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Chatham County at 85,111 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,004 households. Median household income in Chatham County is $94,317, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.7%, 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. Chatham County scores 78 for electricians (high), #63 of 1,160 scored counties.

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