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Electricians in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area
The electricians in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #29 of 383 scored metro areas
#2 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 60
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 144
- +16.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $787.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,172 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.1M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 625,485
- +7.5% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #29 of 383 scored metro areas and #2 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for electricians.
Households in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area spend about $787.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,172 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 60 electricians, that is $13.1M per company, 9% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 60 electricians on map listings in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area was 144 in 2023, up 16.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,724 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $425K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area. Population estimates show the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area grew 7.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area 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.
| Measure | Durham-Chapel Hill metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $13.1M | $11.1M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,724 | 1,386 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.1% | +15.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,172 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $83,500 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 144+16.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,345
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $192.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 600 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $425K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro 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 Durham-Chapel Hill metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 625,485+7.5% since 2020
- Households
- 248,256
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,759 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 342
- Median household income
- $83,500
- Average household income
- $120,978
- Median home value
- $396,100
- Jobs located here
- 363,261
- Daytime population
- 696,157Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for electricians, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacksonville, NC | 80 | 12 | 1.6 | $17M | +6.0% | #7 of 383 |
| 2Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 73 | 60 | 2.4 | $13.1M | +7.5% | #29 of 383 |
| 3Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 68 | 257 | 2.4 | $13.1M | +10.1% | #57 of 383 |
| 4Raleigh-Cary, NC | 64 | 172 | 3.0 | $11.3M | +12.6% | #76 of 383 |
| 5Winston-Salem, NC | 62 | 62 | 2.2 | $12.4M | +5.3% | #89 of 383 |
| 6Greensboro-High Point, NC | 60 | 61 | 1.9 | $14.1M | +4.1% | #107 of 383 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 60 | 181 | 2.6 | $11.8M | +0.9% | #111 of 383 |
| 7Fayetteville, NC | 56 | 31 | 2.1 | $12.6M | +1.6% | #145 of 383 |
| 8Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 54 | 13 | 3.0 | $10.2M | +10.3% | #168 of 383 |
| 9Goldsboro, NC | 46 | 12 | 2.5 | $10.3M | +3.8% | #223 of 383 |
Other business types in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 60 electricians in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 144 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 16.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $787.4M a year, or $3,172 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 electricians on map listings, it comes to $13.1M 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 248,256 households in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Durham-Chapel Hill metro area has 2.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $13.1M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area would have about 66, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,724 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area at 625,485 people in 2025, up 7.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 248,256 households. Median household income in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area is $83,500, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Durham-Chapel Hill metro area scores 73 for electricians (upper middle), #29 of 383 scored metro areas.
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