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Electricians in Salt Lake County, UT
How Salt Lake County, UT compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #420 of 1,160 scored counties
#3 of 12 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 115
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 385
- +17.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.6M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,220,916
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 115 electricians in Salt Lake County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 8% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
At $3,124 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Salt Lake County spend about $1.3B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 115 electricians, that is $11.6M per company, 4% below 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 385 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Salt Lake County in 2023, up 17.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,107 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $17.3M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Salt Lake County.
Population estimates show Salt Lake County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, Salt Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #420 of 1,160 scored counties and #3 of 12 scored counties in Utah.
How Salt Lake County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Salt Lake County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $11.6M | $10.9M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,107 | 990 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.4% | +23.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,124 | $3,068 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $97,494 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 328 → 385+17.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,235
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $552.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 111The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 21
- Amount
- $17.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,220,916+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 426,245
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,590
- Median household income
- $97,494+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,987
- Median home value
- $525,700
- Jobs located here
- 775,993
- Daytime population
- 1,357,402Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Davis County, UT | 68 | 27 | 2.3 | $14M | +4.8% | #197 of 1,160 |
| 2Utah County, UT | 65 | 48 | 2.4 | $13.4M | +14.5% | #248 of 1,160 |
| 3Salt Lake County, UT | 57 | 115 | 2.7 | $11.6M | +2.9% | #420 of 1,160 |
| 4Weber County, UT | 55 | 28 | 3.0 | $9.9M | +5.8% | #481 of 1,160 |
| 5Wasatch County, UT | 53 | 5 | 3.9 | $9.1M | +9.9% | #521 of 1,160 |
| 6Cache County, UT | 52 | 12 | 2.7 | $10.5M | +8.5% | #536 of 1,160 |
| 7Summit County, UT | 47 | 6 | 3.8 | $10.1M | +1.6% | #655 of 1,160 |
| 8Box Elder County, UT | 47 | 7 | 3.6 | $7.8M | +12.7% | #667 of 1,160 |
| 9Iron County, UT | 42 | 6 | 3.0 | $8.8M | +16.4% | #767 of 1,160 |
| 10Washington County, UT | 41 | 28 | 4.0 | $7.1M | +17.4% | #804 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Salt Lake County, UT?
There are 115 electricians on map listings in Salt Lake County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 385 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 17.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Salt Lake County, UT spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $1.3B a year, or $3,124 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 115 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11.6M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 426,245 households in Salt Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salt Lake County, UT compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Salt Lake County has 2.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $11.6M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Salt Lake County would have about 111, against 115 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,107 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Salt Lake County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Salt Lake County at 1,220,916 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 426,245 households. The median household income in Salt Lake County is $97,494 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Salt Lake County scores 57 for electricians (upper middle), #420 of 1,160 scored counties.
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