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Electricians in Roanoke city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Roanoke city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #418 of 1,160 scored counties
#22 of 44 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $108.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,499 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.6M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,111
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,499 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Roanoke city spend about $108.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $13.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Roanoke city has 8 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 28% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Roanoke city classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 2,905 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roanoke city declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For electricians, Roanoke city has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #418 of 1,160 scored counties and #22 of 44 scored counties in Virginia.
How Roanoke 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 | Roanoke city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $13.6M | $14.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,905 | 1,843 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,499 | $3,295 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $55,378 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 545
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37M
- 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
- 9The 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 Roanoke 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 Roanoke city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,111−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 43,575
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 43 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,313
- Median household income
- $55,378+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,578
- Median home value
- $190,500
- Jobs located here
- 69,862
- Daytime population
- 125,030Residents 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 |
| 22Roanoke city, VA | 57 | 8 | 1.8 | $13.6M | −0.8% | #418 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Roanoke city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 electricians in Roanoke city. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Roanoke city, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $108.9M a year, or $2,499 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 electricians on map listings, it comes to $13.6M 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 43,575 households in Roanoke city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roanoke city, VA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Roanoke city has 1.8 electricians per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $13.6M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Roanoke city would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,905 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Roanoke city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Roanoke city at 99,111 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,575 households. Median household income in Roanoke city is $55,378, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Roanoke city scores 57 for electricians (upper middle), #418 of 1,160 scored counties.
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