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Electricians in Montgomery County, PA
How Montgomery County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #483 of 1,160 scored counties
#29 of 46 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 137
- 6 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 282
- +9.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.4M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 64% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 877,643
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Montgomery County comes to about $1.3B a year: $3,858 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. Spread across 137 electricians, that is $9.4M per company, 21% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Montgomery County has 137 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Montgomery County was 282 in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,190 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Montgomery County.
Population estimates put the population change in Montgomery County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Montgomery County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #483 of 1,160 scored counties and #29 of 46 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Montgomery 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 | Montgomery County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $9.4M | $11.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,190 | 1,918 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.3% | +5.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,858 | $3,158 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $113,915 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 258 → 282+9.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $387.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1376 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 108The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 877,643+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 335,505
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,796
- Median household income
- $113,915+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $158,114
- Median home value
- $436,700
- Jobs located here
- 546,323
- Daytime population
- 974,838Residents 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 |
| 29Montgomery County, PA | 55 | 137 | 4.1 | $9.4M | +2.4% | #483 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Montgomery County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 137 electricians in Montgomery County. 6 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 282 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Montgomery County, PA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.3B a year, or $3,858 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 137 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 335,505 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, PA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Montgomery County has 4.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $9.4M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 108, against 137 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,190 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Montgomery County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 877,643 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 335,505 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $113,915, 41% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Montgomery County scores 55 for electricians (upper middle), #483 of 1,160 scored counties.
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