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Electricians in the Lima, OH metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in the Lima, OH metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #272 of 383 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $103.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.4M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 100,881
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Lima metro area spend about $103.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,497 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 electricians, that is $9.4M per company, 22% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 11 electricians on map listings in the Lima metro area as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Lima metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,130 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lima metro area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For electricians, the Lima metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #272 of 383 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.
How the Lima 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 | Lima metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $9.4M | $13M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,130 | 2,459 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,497 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,038 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 234
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 the Lima 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 Lima metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 100,881−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,295
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 403 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $64,038+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,511
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 49,401
- Daytime population
- 105,788Residents 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 Lima 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 |
| 9Lima, OH | 40 | 11 | 2.7 | $9.4M | −1.2% | #272 of 383 |
Other business types in the Lima metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Lima, OH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 electricians in the Lima metro area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Lima, OH metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $103.1M a year, or $2,497 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 electricians on map listings, it comes to $9.4M 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 41,295 households in the Lima metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lima, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Lima metro area has 2.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $9.4M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Lima metro area would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,130 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lima, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lima metro area at 100,881 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,295 households. Median household income in the Lima metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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 Lima metro area scores 40 for electricians (lower middle), #272 of 383 scored metro areas.
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