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Electricians in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area

The electricians in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 81 out of 100: High

Ranked #6 of 383 scored metro areas
#1 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
605
14 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
1,310
+13.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$8.3B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,119 a household
Spending per listing
$13.7M
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,904,627
+10.3% 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

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #6 of 383 scored metro areas and #1 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for electricians.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 605 electricians in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 2%, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area comes to about $8.3B a year: $3,119 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $13.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 14% 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 1,310 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,032 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 44 SBA-backed loans worth $26.5M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area grew 10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.32.32.5
Spending per listing$13.7M$13M$12M
Households per official establishment2,0321,7951,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.5%+15.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,119$3,015$3,018
Median household income$82,168$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8175

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,310+13.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
26,747
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60514 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
692The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
44
Amount
$26.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
7,904,627+10.3% since 2020
Households
2,661,739
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
8,839 sq. mi.
People per square mile
842
Median household income
$82,168
Average household income
$117,837
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
3,347,878
Daytime population
7,510,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for electricians, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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

Other business types in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area

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Questions

How many electricians are in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area?

There are 605 electricians on map listings in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area as of September 2026. 14 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 1,310 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019.

How much do households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $8.3B a year, or $3,119 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 605 electricians on map listings, it comes to $13.7M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,661,739 households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has 2.3 electricians per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $13.7M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area would have about 692, against 605 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,032 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area at 7,904,627 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,661,739 households. The median household income in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area is $82,168 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area scores 81 for electricians (high), #6 of 383 scored metro areas.

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