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Electricians in Knox County, OH
How Knox County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #438 of 1,160 scored counties
#21 of 51 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,680 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.6M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,002
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 electricians in Knox County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 16% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
At $2,680 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Knox County spend about $62.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $12.6M per company, 5% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Knox County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 1,566 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $209K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Knox County.
Population estimates put the population change in Knox County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Knox County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #438 of 1,160 scored counties and #21 of 51 scored counties in Ohio.
How Knox County 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 | Knox County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $12.6M | $13M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,566 | 2,459 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,680 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,878 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- 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
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $209K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,002+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 23,491
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 526 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $73,878+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,322
- Median home value
- $239,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,622
- Daytime population
- 59,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, OH | 86 | 18 | 2.0 | $17.1M | +5.7% | #19 of 1,160 |
| 2Delaware County, OH | 86 | 19 | 2.3 | $16M | +12.5% | #20 of 1,160 |
| 3Greene County, OH | 85 | 6 | 0.9 | $33.6M | +3.7% | #21 of 1,160 |
| 4Clermont County, OH | 82 | 10 | 1.2 | $24.5M | +3.9% | #35 of 1,160 |
| 5Union County, OH | 81 | 7 | 2.9 | $11.3M | +16.5% | #46 of 1,160 |
| 6Franklin County, OH | 76 | 103 | 1.9 | $15M | +2.8% | #81 of 1,160 |
| 7Butler County, OH | 73 | 27 | 1.8 | $15.4M | +2.4% | #113 of 1,160 |
| 8Portage County, OH | 68 | 11 | 1.7 | $15.9M | +1.0% | #190 of 1,160 |
| 9Lorain County, OH | 68 | 28 | 2.2 | $12.4M | +3.1% | #200 of 1,160 |
| 10Summit County, OH | 66 | 40 | 1.7 | $15.6M | −0.3% | #226 of 1,160 |
| 21Knox County, OH | 56 | 5 | 2.1 | $12.6M | +1.9% | #438 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Knox County, OH?
There are 5 electricians on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Knox County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $62.9M a year, or $2,680 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12.6M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,491 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, OH compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Knox County has 2.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12.6M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,566 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 64,002 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,491 households. The median household income in Knox County is $73,878 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. Knox County scores 56 for electricians (upper middle), #438 of 1,160 scored counties.
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