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Electricians in Chesterfield County, VA
How Chesterfield County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #73 of 1,160 scored counties
#10 of 44 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 34
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 91
- +16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $472.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,369 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.9M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 397,148
- +8.7% since 2020
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What this means
Chesterfield County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #73 of 1,160 scored counties and #10 of 44 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for electricians.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 electricians in Chesterfield County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Chesterfield County spend about $472.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,369 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 34 electricians, that is $13.9M per company, 16% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 91 businesses with payroll in Chesterfield County classed as electrical contractors, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,540 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $125K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Chesterfield County. Population estimates put the population change in Chesterfield County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Chesterfield County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Chesterfield County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $13.9M | $14.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,540 | 1,843 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.7% | +5.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,369 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $101,931 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 78 → 91+16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 788
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $49.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 340 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $125K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 397,148+8.7% since 2020
- Households
- 140,155
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 424 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 892
- Median household income
- $101,931+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,631
- Median home value
- $366,000
- Jobs located here
- 149,426
- Daytime population
- 346,516Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stafford County, VA | 90 | 9 | 1.7 | $23M | +8.3% | #6 of 1,160 |
| 2Arlington County, VA | 89 | 6 | 0.5 | $75.1M | +2.1% | #8 of 1,160 |
| 3Alexandria city, VA | 86 | 7 | 0.9 | $40.4M | +1.0% | #15 of 1,160 |
| 4Loudoun County, VA | 85 | 30 | 2.1 | $21.8M | +6.4% | #22 of 1,160 |
| 5Suffolk city, VA | 85 | 7 | 1.8 | $17M | +10.4% | #26 of 1,160 |
| 6Richmond city, VA | 83 | 11 | 1.1 | $26.5M | +4.6% | #28 of 1,160 |
| 7Fairfax County, VA | 83 | 83 | 2.0 | $21M | +1.7% | #31 of 1,160 |
| 8Albemarle County, VA | 83 | 8 | 1.7 | $19.9M | +5.1% | #32 of 1,160 |
| 9York County, VA | 79 | 7 | 2.6 | $13.5M | +1.6% | #58 of 1,160 |
| 10Chesterfield County, VA | 77 | 34 | 2.4 | $13.9M | +8.7% | #73 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Chesterfield County, VA?
There are 34 electricians on map listings in Chesterfield County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Chesterfield County, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $472.1M a year, or $3,369 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 electricians on map listings, it comes to $13.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,155 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chesterfield County, VA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Chesterfield County has 2.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $13.9M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 39, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,540 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Chesterfield County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 397,148 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,155 households. The median household income in Chesterfield County is $101,931 a year, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.4% 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. Chesterfield County scores 77 for electricians (high), #73 of 1,160 scored counties.
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