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Electricians in Somerset County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Somerset County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #905 of 1,160 scored counties
#46 of 46 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- +5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $80M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,725 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.9M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,004
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, Somerset County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #905 of 1,160 scored counties and #46 of 46 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 electricians in Somerset County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Somerset County spend about $80M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,725 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.9M per company, 26% below the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Somerset County was 21 in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,397 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Somerset County declined 2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Somerset 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 | Somerset County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $8.9M | $11.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,397 | 1,918 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.0% | +5.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,725 | $3,158 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,446 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 21+5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 104
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,004−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 29,344
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $61,446+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,574
- Median home value
- $150,600
- Jobs located here
- 23,480
- Daytime population
- 64,960Residents 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 |
| 46Somerset County, PA | 35 | 9 | 3.1 | $8.9M | −2.7% | #905 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Somerset County, PA?
Somerset County has 9 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Somerset County, PA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $80M a year, or $2,725 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 electricians on map listings, it comes to $8.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,344 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, PA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Somerset County has 3.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $8.9M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Somerset County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,397 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 72,004 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,344 households. The median household income in Somerset County is $61,446 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. Somerset County scores 35 for electricians (lower middle), #905 of 1,160 scored counties.
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