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Electricians in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #39 of 383 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 200
- 3 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 567
- +5.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.2B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.9M
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,542,282
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 200 electricians in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area spend about $3.2B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,146 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 200 electricians, that is $15.9M per company, 32% 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 567 businesses with payroll in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area classed as electrical contractors, up 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,782 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 31 SBA-backed loans worth $18.5M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #39 of 383 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $15.9M | $13.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,782 | 1,739 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.8% | +6.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,146 | $2,907 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $97,436 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 567+5.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 11,708
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2003 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 265The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 31
- Amount
- $18.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,542,282+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 1,010,265
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6,687 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 377
- Median household income
- $97,436+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,023
- Median home value
- $559,400
- Jobs located here
- 1,264,357
- Daytime population
- 2,561,079Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for electricians, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Corvallis, OR | 85 | 5 | 1.3 | $21.8M | +4.4% | #3 of 383 |
| 2Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 71 | 200 | 2.0 | $15.9M | +1.0% | #39 of 383 |
| 3Albany, OR | 55 | 10 | 2.0 | $13.2M | +3.0% | #153 of 383 |
| 4Salem, OR | 55 | 36 | 2.3 | $12.4M | +2.7% | #156 of 383 |
| 5Bend, OR | 42 | 37 | 3.5 | $8.6M | +7.0% | #259 of 383 |
| 6Grants Pass, OR | 39 | 9 | 2.5 | $10.4M | −0.4% | #277 of 383 |
| 7Eugene-Springfield, OR | 36 | 39 | 2.4 | $10.8M | −0.7% | #303 of 383 |
| 8Medford, OR | 34 | 24 | 2.6 | $10.3M | −0.9% | #319 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area?
There are 200 electricians on map listings in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 567 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $3.2B a year, or $3,146 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 200 electricians on map listings, it comes to $15.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,010,265 households in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area has 2.0 electricians per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $15.9M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area would have about 265, against 200 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,782 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area at 2,542,282 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,010,265 households. The median household income in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area is $97,436 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area scores 71 for electricians (upper middle), #39 of 383 scored metro areas.
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