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Electricians in Powhatan County, VA
The electricians in Powhatan County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #838 of 1,160 scored counties
#37 of 44 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,468 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,591
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Powhatan County comes to about $39.3M a year: $3,468 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5.6M per company, 53% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 7 electricians on map listings in Powhatan County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Powhatan County in 2023. That is one for every 515 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Powhatan County grew 7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for electricians in Powhatan County is 40 (lower middle), #838 of 1,160 scored counties and #37 of 44 scored counties in Virginia.
How Powhatan 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 | Powhatan County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $14.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 515 | 1,843 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,468 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $110,537 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 171
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Powhatan 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 Powhatan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,591+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,325
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 93%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 260 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $110,537+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,936
- Median home value
- $416,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,943
- Daytime population
- 24,172Residents 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 |
| 37Powhatan County, VA | 40 | 7 | 6.2 | $5.6M | +7.0% | #838 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Powhatan County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 electricians in Powhatan County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Powhatan County, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $39.3M a year, or $3,468 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 electricians on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 11,325 households in Powhatan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Powhatan County, VA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Powhatan County has 6.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $5.6M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Powhatan County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 515 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Powhatan County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Powhatan County at 32,591 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,325 households. Median household income in Powhatan County is $110,537, 37% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Powhatan County scores 40 for electricians (lower middle), #838 of 1,160 scored counties.
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