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Electricians in Barnes County, ND
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Barnes County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 4 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,160 of 1,160 scored counties
#10 of 10 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,504 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 80% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 4.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,573
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for electricians in Barnes County is 4 (very low), #1,160 of 1,160 scored counties and #10 of 10 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,504 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Barnes County spend about $12.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2.5M per company, 80% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Barnes County has 5 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Barnes County in 2023. That is one for every 491 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Population estimates show Barnes County declined 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Barnes County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Barnes County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $6.1M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 491 | 892 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,504 | $2,751 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,038 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 4 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Barnes 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 Barnes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,573−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,908
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $68,038+16.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,055
- Median home value
- $173,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,766
- Daytime population
- 10,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, ND | 44 | 29 | 3.5 | $8M | +9.1% | #735 of 1,160 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 44 | 5 | 3.6 | $7.8M | +3.8% | #736 of 1,160 |
| 3Burleigh County, ND | 36 | 24 | 5.8 | $5M | +4.7% | #901 of 1,160 |
| 4Grand Forks County, ND | 31 | 12 | 3.8 | $6.8M | +1.9% | #971 of 1,160 |
| 5Williams County, ND | 26 | 10 | 6.6 | $4.5M | +1.4% | #1,041 of 1,160 |
| 6Ward County, ND | 21 | 12 | 4.2 | $6.7M | −2.4% | #1,089 of 1,160 |
| 7Richland County, ND | 19 | 5 | 7.3 | $3.8M | +1.2% | #1,108 of 1,160 |
| 8Stutsman County, ND | 16 | 5 | 5.3 | $4.6M | −0.6% | #1,125 of 1,160 |
| 9Stark County, ND | 15 | 16 | 11.8 | $2.3M | +0.5% | #1,130 of 1,160 |
| 10Barnes County, ND | 4 | 5 | 10.2 | $2.5M | −2.7% | #1,160 of 1,160 |
Other business types in Barnes County
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Questions
How many electricians are in Barnes County, ND?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 electricians in Barnes County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Barnes County, ND spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $12.3M a year, or $2,504 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 electricians on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 4,908 households in Barnes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barnes County, ND compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Barnes County has 10.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $2.5M, 80% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Barnes County would have about 1, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 491 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Barnes County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Barnes County at 10,573 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,908 households. Median household income in Barnes County is $68,038, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.6%, 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. Barnes County scores 4 for electricians (very low), #1,160 of 1,160 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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