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Electricians in Montgomery County, VA
The electricians in Montgomery County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #426 of 1,160 scored counties
#23 of 44 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $105M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,841 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.5M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,434
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Montgomery County spend about $105M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,841 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10.5M per company, 13% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Montgomery County has 10 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Montgomery County in 2023. That is one for every 2,640 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $501K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Montgomery County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montgomery County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Montgomery County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #426 of 1,160 scored counties and #23 of 44 scored counties in Virginia.
How Montgomery 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 | Montgomery County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $10.5M | $14.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,640 | 1,843 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,841 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $72,715 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 137
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $501K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,434−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 36,961
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 387 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 256
- Median household income
- $72,715+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,780
- Median home value
- $304,600
- Jobs located here
- 42,019
- Daytime population
- 106,770Residents 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 |
| 23Montgomery County, VA | 57 | 10 | 2.7 | $10.5M | −1.2% | #426 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Montgomery County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 electricians in Montgomery County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Montgomery County, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $105M a year, or $2,841 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 electricians on map listings, it comes to $10.5M 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 36,961 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, VA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Montgomery County has 2.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $10.5M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,640 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Montgomery County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 98,434 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,961 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $72,715, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Montgomery County scores 57 for electricians (upper middle), #426 of 1,160 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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