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Electricians in Franklin County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Franklin County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #828 of 1,160 scored counties
#36 of 44 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- −19.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.9M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,526
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 electricians in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Franklin County comes to about $63.6M a year: $2,764 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 34% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as electrical contractors, down 19.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,353 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #828 of 1,160 scored counties and #36 of 44 scored counties in Virginia.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.9M | $14.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,353 | 1,843 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −19.0% | +5.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,764 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,849 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 17−19.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 181
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,526+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 22,999
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 691 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $68,849+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,658
- Median home value
- $240,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,404
- Daytime population
- 47,925Residents 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 |
| 36Franklin County, VA | 40 | 8 | 3.5 | $7.9M | +1.9% | #828 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Franklin County, VA?
There are 8 electricians on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 19.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Franklin County, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $63.6M a year, or $2,764 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,999 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, VA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Franklin County has 3.5 electricians per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.9M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Franklin County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,353 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 19.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 55,526 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,999 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $68,849 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Franklin County scores 40 for electricians (lower middle), #828 of 1,160 scored counties.
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