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Electricians in Berks County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Berks County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #318 of 1,160 scored counties
#19 of 46 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 55
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 77
- +1.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $508.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,116 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.2M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 440,072
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Berks County spend about $508.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,116 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 55 electricians, that is $9.2M per company, 23% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Berks County has 55 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 3.4 for every 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Berks County in 2023, up 1.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,120 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $3.7M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Berks County.
Population estimates put the population change in Berks County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Berks County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #318 of 1,160 scored counties and #19 of 46 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Berks County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Berks County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $9.2M | $11.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,120 | 1,918 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.3% | +5.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,116 | $3,158 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $79,777 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 76 → 77+1.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,063
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $95.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 551 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $3.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Berks 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 Berks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 440,072+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 163,236
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 856 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 506
- Median household income
- $79,777+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,265
- Median home value
- $257,300
- Jobs located here
- 179,513
- Daytime population
- 404,462Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northampton County, PA | 83 | 26 | 2.1 | $15.6M | +3.7% | #33 of 1,160 |
| 2Dauphin County, PA | 82 | 19 | 1.6 | $19.6M | +2.3% | #36 of 1,160 |
| 3Cumberland County, PA | 78 | 27 | 2.5 | $13.1M | +6.5% | #65 of 1,160 |
| 4Schuylkill County, PA | 77 | 8 | 1.4 | $20.6M | +1.5% | #69 of 1,160 |
| 5Chester County, PA | 75 | 60 | 2.9 | $13.9M | +4.2% | #94 of 1,160 |
| 6Centre County, PA | 73 | 13 | 2.2 | $13.9M | −0.4% | #118 of 1,160 |
| 7Philadelphia County, PA | 72 | 95 | 1.4 | $20.3M | −1.6% | #124 of 1,160 |
| 8Franklin County, PA | 71 | 18 | 2.8 | $10.8M | +3.0% | #156 of 1,160 |
| 9Beaver County, PA | 69 | 14 | 1.9 | $15.3M | −1.1% | #172 of 1,160 |
| 10Lehigh County, PA | 68 | 45 | 3.1 | $10.4M | +2.7% | #202 of 1,160 |
| 19Berks County, PA | 62 | 55 | 3.4 | $9.2M | +2.7% | #318 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Berks County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 electricians in Berks County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 1.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Berks County, PA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $508.7M a year, or $3,116 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 electricians on map listings, it comes to $9.2M 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 163,236 households in Berks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Berks County, PA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Berks County has 3.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $9.2M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Berks County would have about 42, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,120 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Berks County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Berks County at 440,072 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,236 households. Median household income in Berks County is $79,777, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Berks County scores 62 for electricians (upper middle), #318 of 1,160 scored counties.
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