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Electricians in Kent County, RI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Kent County, RI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #240 of 1,160 scored counties
#2 of 5 scored counties in Rhode Island
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- −6.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $247.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,395 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.5M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 173,495
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 electricians in Kent County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Kent County comes to about $247.3M a year: $3,395 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 16 electricians, that is $15.5M per company, 29% 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 60 businesses with payroll in Kent County classed as electrical contractors, down 6.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,214 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $525K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Kent County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kent County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for electricians in Kent County is 65 (upper middle), #240 of 1,160 scored counties and #2 of 5 scored counties in Rhode Island. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kent County compares
The same measures for Rhode Island 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 | Kent County | Rhode Island | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $15.5M | $15.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,214 | 1,153 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.2% | +5.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,395 | $3,289 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $94,345 | $87,796 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 64 → 60−6.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 506
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $525K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Kent 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 Kent County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 173,495+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 72,839
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 169 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,017
- Median household income
- $94,345+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,389
- Median home value
- $366,100
- Jobs located here
- 79,114
- Daytime population
- 158,826Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Rhode Island market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Rhode Island for electricians, numbered among those based in Rhode Island, with Kent County marked.
Top counties in Rhode Island
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Providence County, RI | 69 | 40 | 1.5 | $20.1M | +2.8% | #170 of 1,160 |
| 2Kent County, RI | 65 | 16 | 2.2 | $15.5M | +1.8% | #240 of 1,160 |
| 3Washington County, RI | 57 | 15 | 2.9 | $12.8M | 0.0% | #419 of 1,160 |
| 4Newport County, RI | 41 | 13 | 3.5 | $10.2M | −2.9% | #787 of 1,160 |
| 5Bristol County, RI | 38 | 9 | 4.5 | $8.6M | −1.5% | #856 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Kent County, RI?
There are 16 electricians on map listings in Kent County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 6.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Kent County, RI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $247.3M a year, or $3,395 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 electricians on map listings, it comes to $15.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,839 households in Kent County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kent County, RI compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Kent County has 2.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $15.5M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Kent County would have about 21, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,214 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Kent County, RI growing?
Population estimates put Kent County at 173,495 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,839 households. The median household income in Kent County is $94,345 a year, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Kent County scores 65 for electricians (upper middle), #240 of 1,160 scored counties.
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