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Electricians in Pickens County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Pickens County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #106 of 1,160 scored counties
#8 of 21 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $137.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,625 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.3M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,198
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, Pickens County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #106 of 1,160 scored counties and #8 of 21 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for electricians.
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 electricians in Pickens County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Pickens County comes to about $137.6M a year: $2,625 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $15.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 27% 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.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Pickens County in 2023. That is one for every 2,759 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Pickens County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pickens County grew 5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pickens County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Pickens County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $15.3M | $13.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,759 | 2,087 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,625 | $2,802 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,064 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Pickens 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 Pickens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,198+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 52,414
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 271
- Median household income
- $61,064+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,979
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 40,063
- Daytime population
- 119,682Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 88 | 7 | 1.7 | $17M | +18.3% | #11 of 1,160 |
| 2Aiken County, SC | 82 | 7 | 1.0 | $27.9M | +7.3% | #34 of 1,160 |
| 3Richland County, SC | 82 | 25 | 1.5 | $18.5M | +4.6% | #38 of 1,160 |
| 4Dorchester County, SC | 81 | 12 | 1.9 | $15.5M | +10.1% | #44 of 1,160 |
| 5Berkeley County, SC | 79 | 16 | 1.7 | $17.3M | +18.7% | #51 of 1,160 |
| 6Charleston County, SC | 77 | 44 | 2.5 | $13.1M | +6.4% | #75 of 1,160 |
| 7York County, SC | 77 | 29 | 2.5 | $12.5M | +8.1% | #76 of 1,160 |
| 8Pickens County, SC | 74 | 9 | 1.7 | $15.3M | +5.7% | #106 of 1,160 |
| 9Kershaw County, SC | 74 | 5 | 1.9 | $14.7M | +11.6% | #108 of 1,160 |
| 10Greenville County, SC | 73 | 56 | 2.5 | $11.7M | +10.6% | #121 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Pickens County, SC?
Pickens County has 9 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Pickens County, SC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $137.6M a year, or $2,625 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 electricians on map listings, it comes to $15.3M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,414 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickens County, SC compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Pickens County has 1.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $15.3M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Pickens County would have about 12, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,759 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Pickens County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Pickens County at 139,198 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,414 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $61,064 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Pickens County scores 74 for electricians (upper middle), #106 of 1,160 scored counties.
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