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Electricians in Harrisonburg city, VA
How Harrisonburg city, 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #985 of 1,160 scored counties
#43 of 44 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $45.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,619 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.6M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,839
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Harrisonburg city scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #985 of 1,160 scored counties and #43 of 44 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Harrisonburg city spend about $45.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,619 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 electricians, that is $7.6M per company, 37% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 6 electricians on map listings in Harrisonburg city as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Harrisonburg city classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 1,578 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Harrisonburg city from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Harrisonburg city 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 | Harrisonburg city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.6M | $14.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,578 | 1,843 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,619 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,254 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 163
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Harrisonburg city, 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 Harrisonburg city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,839−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 17,360
- Median age
- 31.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 39%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 17 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,964
- Median household income
- $62,254+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,014
- Median home value
- $299,100
- Jobs located here
- 34,193
- Daytime population
- 64,079Residents 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 |
| 43Harrisonburg city, VA | 30 | 6 | 3.5 | $7.6M | −1.7% | #985 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Harrisonburg city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 electricians in Harrisonburg city. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Harrisonburg city, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $45.5M a year, or $2,619 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.6M 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 17,360 households in Harrisonburg city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harrisonburg city, VA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Harrisonburg city has 3.5 electricians per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.6M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Harrisonburg city would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,578 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Harrisonburg city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Harrisonburg city at 50,839 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,360 households. Median household income in Harrisonburg city is $62,254, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.4%, 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. Harrisonburg city scores 30 for electricians (lower middle), #985 of 1,160 scored counties.
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