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Electricians in Skagit County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Skagit County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #800 of 1,160 scored counties
#18 of 23 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- −12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $153.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 52% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 132,975
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Skagit County comes to about $153.7M a year: $2,938 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Skagit County has 20 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Skagit County was 44 in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,189 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $179K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Skagit County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Skagit County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, Skagit County has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #800 of 1,160 scored counties and #18 of 23 scored counties in Washington.
How Skagit County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Skagit County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $12.7M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,189 | 1,431 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.0% | +8.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,938 | $3,196 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $89,263 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50 → 44−12.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 445
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $179K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Skagit 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 Skagit County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 132,975+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 52,329
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,730 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $89,263+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,733
- Median home value
- $545,100
- Jobs located here
- 49,731
- Daytime population
- 119,306Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1King County, WA | 82 | 182 | 1.9 | $18.9M | +3.1% | #37 of 1,160 |
| 2Whatcom County, WA | 67 | 16 | 1.7 | $16.9M | +3.9% | #207 of 1,160 |
| 3Kitsap County, WA | 65 | 31 | 2.9 | $11.2M | +2.7% | #257 of 1,160 |
| 4Pierce County, WA | 62 | 88 | 2.5 | $12.5M | +2.5% | #311 of 1,160 |
| 5Benton County, WA | 62 | 21 | 2.7 | $11M | +6.9% | #315 of 1,160 |
| 6Lewis County, WA | 61 | 6 | 1.8 | $14.6M | +6.7% | #326 of 1,160 |
| 7Grant County, WA | 61 | 7 | 2.0 | $13.4M | +6.3% | #329 of 1,160 |
| 8Thurston County, WA | 60 | 32 | 2.7 | $11.1M | +2.8% | #364 of 1,160 |
| 9Grays Harbor County, WA | 59 | 7 | 2.3 | $11M | +3.0% | #382 of 1,160 |
| 10Franklin County, WA | 59 | 9 | 3.0 | $9.7M | +5.6% | #388 of 1,160 |
| 18Skagit County, WA | 41 | 20 | 3.8 | $7.7M | +2.4% | #800 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Skagit County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 electricians in Skagit County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Skagit County, WA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $153.7M a year, or $2,938 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 52,329 households in Skagit County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Skagit County, WA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Skagit County has 3.8 electricians per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.7M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Skagit County would have about 13, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,189 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Skagit County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Skagit County at 132,975 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,329 households. Median household income in Skagit County is $89,263, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.2%, 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. Skagit County scores 41 for electricians (lower middle), #800 of 1,160 scored counties.
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