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Electricians in the Amarillo, TX metro area

How the Amarillo, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #278 of 383 scored metro areas
#21 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
31
2 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
74
+17.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$287.6M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,791 a household
Spending per listing
$9.3M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
276,235
+2.7% 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 the Amarillo metro area spend about $287.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,791 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.3M per company, 23% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

There are 31 electricians on map listings in the Amarillo metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.

Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Amarillo metro area in 2023, up 17.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,393 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $6.3M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Amarillo metro area.

Population estimates show the Amarillo metro area grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, the Amarillo metro area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #278 of 383 scored metro areas and #21 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Amarillo metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Amarillo, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureAmarillo metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.02.32.5
Spending per listing$9.3M$13M$12M
Households per official establishment1,3931,7951,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.5%+15.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,791$3,015$3,018
Median household income$69,611$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3975

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74+17.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
755
Annual payroll, 2023
$49.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
312 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$6.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Amarillo metro area, 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 the Amarillo metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
276,235+2.7% since 2020
Households
103,062
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
5,151 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$69,611+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,771
Median home value
$208,700
Jobs located here
124,760
Daytime population
274,340Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for electricians, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Amarillo metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX816052.3$13.7M+10.3%#6 of 383
2Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX806532.3$14.3M+10.6%#10 of 383
3Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX782342.4$14.4M+14.0%#12 of 383
4McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX75321.2$20.7M+5.6%#17 of 383
5San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX742102.2$13.5M+9.5%#24 of 383
6Killeen-Temple, TX72362.0$13.4M+7.2%#36 of 383
7College Station-Bryan, TX71191.8$14.9M+6.9%#40 of 383
8Brownsville-Harlingen, TX68211.5$16M+3.0%#51 of 383
9Corpus Christi, TX65311.8$15M+1.1%#69 of 383
10El Paso, TX60441.5$17.5M+1.3%#104 of 383
21Amarillo, TX39313.0$9.3M+2.7%#278 of 383

Other business types in the Amarillo metro area

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

Questions

How many electricians are in the Amarillo, TX metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 electricians in the Amarillo metro area. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 17.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Amarillo, TX metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $287.6M a year, or $2,791 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 electricians on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 103,062 households in the Amarillo metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Amarillo, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Amarillo metro area has 3.0 electricians per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $9.3M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Amarillo metro area would have about 24, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,393 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Amarillo, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Amarillo metro area at 276,235 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 103,062 households. Median household income in the Amarillo metro area is $69,611, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. The Amarillo metro area scores 39 for electricians (lower middle), #278 of 383 scored metro areas.

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