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Electricians in Richmond city, VA
How Richmond 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 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #28 of 1,160 scored counties
#6 of 44 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +12.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $291.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $26.5M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 237,257
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for electricians in Richmond city is 83 (high), #28 of 1,160 scored counties and #6 of 44 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for electricians.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 electricians in Richmond city. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Richmond city spend about $291.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,796 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $26.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Richmond city in 2023, up 12.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,981 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Richmond city grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Richmond 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 | Richmond city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $26.5M | $14.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,981 | 1,843 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.9% | +5.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,796 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,587 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 35+12.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 641
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $44.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Richmond 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 Richmond city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 237,257+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 104,321
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 44%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 60 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,827
- Median household income
- $64,587+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,266
- Median home value
- $353,000
- Jobs located here
- 174,706
- Daytime population
- 296,295Residents 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 Richmond city, VA?
There are 11 electricians on map listings in Richmond city as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 12.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Richmond city, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $291.7M a year, or $2,796 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 electricians on map listings, it comes to $26.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 104,321 households in Richmond city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richmond city, VA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Richmond city has 1.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $26.5M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Richmond city would have about 24, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,981 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Richmond city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Richmond city at 237,257 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,321 households. The median household income in Richmond city is $64,587 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.7% 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. Richmond city scores 83 for electricians (high), #28 of 1,160 scored counties.
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