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Electricians in Spartanburg County, SC

How Spartanburg County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #139 of 1,160 scored counties
#11 of 21 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
28
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
65
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$356M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,704 a household
Spending per listing
$12.7M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
380,857
+15.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Spartanburg County spend about $356M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,704 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 electricians, that is $12.7M per company, 6% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

Spartanburg County has 28 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 65 businesses with payroll in Spartanburg County classed as electrical contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,026 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $783K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Spartanburg County.

Population estimates put the population change in Spartanburg County from 2020 to 2025 at +15.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Spartanburg County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #139 of 1,160 scored counties and #11 of 21 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Spartanburg 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.

Electricians in Spartanburg County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureSpartanburg CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.12.12.5
Spending per listing$12.7M$13.5M$12M
Households per official establishment2,0262,0871,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+3.5%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,704$2,802$3,018
Median household income$66,234$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score7278

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
65 → 650.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
515
Annual payroll, 2023
$30.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
280 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$783K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County

Population, 2025 estimate
380,857+15.6% since 2020
Households
131,672
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
808 sq. mi.
People per square mile
430
Median household income
$66,234+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,467
Median home value
$233,300
Jobs located here
159,818
Daytime population
349,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for electricians, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Spartanburg County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lancaster County, SC8871.7$17M+18.3%#11 of 1,160
2Aiken County, SC8271.0$27.9M+7.3%#34 of 1,160
3Richland County, SC82251.5$18.5M+4.6%#38 of 1,160
4Dorchester County, SC81121.9$15.5M+10.1%#44 of 1,160
5Berkeley County, SC79161.7$17.3M+18.7%#51 of 1,160
6Charleston County, SC77442.5$13.1M+6.4%#75 of 1,160
7York County, SC77292.5$12.5M+8.1%#76 of 1,160
8Pickens County, SC7491.7$15.3M+5.7%#106 of 1,160
9Kershaw County, SC7451.9$14.7M+11.6%#108 of 1,160
10Greenville County, SC73562.5$11.7M+10.6%#121 of 1,160
11Spartanburg County, SC72282.1$12.7M+15.6%#139 of 1,160

Other business types in Spartanburg County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many electricians are in Spartanburg County, SC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 electricians in Spartanburg County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

How much do households in Spartanburg County, SC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $356M a year, or $2,704 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12.7M 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 131,672 households in Spartanburg County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Spartanburg County, SC compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Spartanburg County has 2.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12.7M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Spartanburg County would have about 30, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,026 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Spartanburg County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Spartanburg County at 380,857 people in 2025, up 15.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 131,672 households. Median household income in Spartanburg County is $66,234, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. Spartanburg County scores 72 for electricians (upper middle), #139 of 1,160 scored counties.

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