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Electricians in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area
The electricians in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #35 of 383 scored metro areas
#2 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 184
- 3 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 405
- +5.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.6B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,890 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.2M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,312,858
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Cincinnati metro area scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #35 of 383 scored metro areas and #2 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for electricians.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Cincinnati metro area comes to about $2.6B a year: $2,890 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
The Cincinnati metro area has 184 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 2%, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Cincinnati metro area was 405 in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,239 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 32 SBA-backed loans worth $10M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Cincinnati metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cincinnati metro area grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Cincinnati metro area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Cincinnati metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $14.2M | $13M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,239 | 2,459 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.8% | +3.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,890 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $81,120 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 405+5.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,844
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $394.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1843 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 218The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 32
- Amount
- $10M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,312,858+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 906,675
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 518
- Median household income
- $81,120
- Average household income
- $110,407
- Median home value
- $258,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,109,713
- Daytime population
- 2,288,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for electricians, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Cincinnati metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, OH | 77 | 184 | 2.1 | $13.6M | +4.7% | #13 of 383 |
| 2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 72 | 184 | 2.0 | $14.2M | +2.7% | #35 of 383 |
| 3Akron, OH | 66 | 51 | 1.7 | $15.6M | 0.0% | #64 of 383 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 61 | 7 | 1.2 | $20.6M | −3.6% | #93 of 383 |
| 4Cleveland, OH | 60 | 174 | 1.9 | $14.4M | −0.8% | #106 of 383 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 59 | 7 | 1.4 | $17.3M | −3.6% | #114 of 383 |
| 5Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 57 | 81 | 2.4 | $11.3M | +1.5% | #138 of 383 |
| 6Toledo, OH | 56 | 48 | 1.9 | $13.6M | −1.0% | #142 of 383 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 54 | 27 | 1.8 | $14.4M | −2.6% | #162 of 383 |
| 7Springfield, OH | 52 | 11 | 2.0 | $12.5M | −0.4% | #177 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 184 electricians in the Cincinnati metro area. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 405 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $2.6B a year, or $2,890 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 184 electricians on map listings, it comes to $14.2M 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 906,675 households in the Cincinnati metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Cincinnati metro area has 2.0 electricians per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $14.2M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Cincinnati metro area would have about 218, against 184 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,239 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Cincinnati metro area at 2,312,858 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 906,675 households. Median household income in the Cincinnati metro area is $81,120, in line with 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 Cincinnati metro area scores 72 for electricians (upper middle), #35 of 383 scored metro areas.
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