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Electricians in Lehigh County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Lehigh County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #202 of 1,160 scored counties
#10 of 46 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 45
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- −7.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $466M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,227 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.4M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 384,383
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,227 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Lehigh County spend about $466M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $10.4M per company, 14% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Lehigh County has 45 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 1% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 63 businesses with payroll in Lehigh County classed as electrical contractors, down 7.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,292 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.1M has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Lehigh County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lehigh County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for electricians in Lehigh County is 68 (upper middle), #202 of 1,160 scored counties and #10 of 46 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lehigh 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 | Lehigh County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $10.4M | $11.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,292 | 1,918 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.3% | +5.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,227 | $3,158 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,079 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 68 → 63−7.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,457
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $110.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 452 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Lehigh 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 Lehigh County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 384,383+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 144,386
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,097
- Median household income
- $80,079+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,753
- Median home value
- $300,400
- Jobs located here
- 215,511
- Daytime population
- 411,839Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Lehigh County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 electricians in Lehigh County. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 7.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Lehigh County, PA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $466M a year, or $3,227 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 electricians on map listings, it comes to $10.4M 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 144,386 households in Lehigh County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lehigh County, PA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Lehigh County has 3.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $10.4M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Lehigh County would have about 39, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,292 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Lehigh County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Lehigh County at 384,383 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 144,386 households. Median household income in Lehigh County is $80,079, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Lehigh County scores 68 for electricians (upper middle), #202 of 1,160 scored counties.
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