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Electricians in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area

How the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compares with other metro areas 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 #107 of 383 scored metro areas
#6 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina

Listings
61
2 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
211
+5.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$863M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,722 a household
Spending per listing
$14.1M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.9
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
805,945
+4.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 electricians in the Greensboro-High Point metro area. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

At $2,722 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area spend about $863M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $14.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 18% 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 the Greensboro-High Point metro area was 211 in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,503 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Greensboro-High Point metro area.

Population estimates show the Greensboro-High Point metro area grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #107 of 383 scored metro areas and #6 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.

How the Greensboro-High Point 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.

Electricians in Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGreensboro-High Point metro areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.92.62.5
Spending per listing$14.1M$11.1M$12M
Households per official establishment1,5031,3861,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.0%+15.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,722$2,889$3,018
Median household income$65,565$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score6054

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
211+5.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,288
Annual payroll, 2023
$150M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
612 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
72The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Greensboro-High Point 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
805,945+4.1% since 2020
Households
317,045
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,994 sq. mi.
People per square mile
394
Median household income
$65,565+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,179
Median home value
$231,000
Jobs located here
363,740
Daytime population
805,439Residents 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 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area marked.

Top metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in North Carolina ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jacksonville, NC80121.6$17M+6.0%#7 of 383
2Durham-Chapel Hill, NC73602.4$13.1M+7.5%#29 of 383
3Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC682572.4$13.1M+10.1%#57 of 383
4Raleigh-Cary, NC641723.0$11.3M+12.6%#76 of 383
5Winston-Salem, NC62622.2$12.4M+5.3%#89 of 383
6Greensboro-High Point, NC60611.9$14.1M+4.1%#107 of 383
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC601812.6$11.8M+0.9%#111 of 383
7Fayetteville, NC56312.1$12.6M+1.6%#145 of 383
8Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC54133.0$10.2M+10.3%#168 of 383
9Goldsboro, NC46122.5$10.3M+3.8%#223 of 383

Other business types in the Greensboro-High Point metro area

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

Questions

How many electricians are in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area?

There are 61 electricians on map listings in the Greensboro-High Point metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 211 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $863M a year, or $2,722 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 electricians on map listings, it comes to $14.1M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 317,045 households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Greensboro-High Point metro area has 1.9 electricians per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $14.1M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Greensboro-High Point metro area would have about 72, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,503 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Greensboro-High Point metro area at 805,945 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 317,045 households. The median household income in the Greensboro-High Point metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. The Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 60 for electricians (upper middle), #107 of 383 scored metro areas.

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