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Electricians in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #114 of 383 scored metro areas
#3 of 6 scored metro areas based in West Virginia

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$121.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,439 a household
Spending per listing
$17.3M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
112,468
−3.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 electricians in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 1.4 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

At $2,439 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area spend about $121.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 7 electricians, that is $17.3M per company, 44% above the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 4,964 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $865K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Weirton-Steubenville metro area declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For electricians, the Weirton-Steubenville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #114 of 383 scored metro areas and #3 of 6 scored metro areas based in West Virginia.

How the Weirton-Steubenville metro area compares

The same measures for West 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.

Electricians in Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureWeirton-Steubenville metro areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.62.5
Spending per listing$17.3M$15.8M$12M
Households per official establishment4,9642,5931,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.1%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,439$2,578$3,018
Median household income$58,784$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score5960

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
163
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
9
Amount
$865K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area, 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 the Weirton-Steubenville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
112,468−3.6% since 2020
Households
49,642
Median age
45.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
580 sq. mi.
People per square mile
198
Median household income
$58,784+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,835
Median home value
$131,300
Jobs located here
36,596
Daytime population
102,743Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for electricians, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Weirton-Steubenville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in West Virginia

Metro areas in West Virginia ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV855152.2$17.7M+3.3%#4 of 383
1Morgantown, WV68101.7$15.8M+1.3%#52 of 383
Winchester, VA-WV63152.7$11.4M+6.5%#83 of 383
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV63322.7$10.7M+7.1%#84 of 383
2Wheeling, WV-OH6171.2$20.6M−3.6%#93 of 383
3Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH5971.4$17.3M−3.6%#114 of 383
4Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH54271.8$14.4M−2.6%#162 of 383
5Charleston, WV46171.9$13.2M−4.7%#222 of 383
6Beckley, WV24122.7$8.9M−4.3%#361 of 383

Other business types in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many electricians are in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area?

The Weirton-Steubenville metro area has 7 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $121.1M a year, or $2,439 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 electricians on map listings, it comes to $17.3M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,642 households in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Weirton-Steubenville metro area has 1.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $17.3M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Weirton-Steubenville metro area would have about 10, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,964 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Weirton-Steubenville metro area at 112,468 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,642 households. The median household income in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area is $58,784 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. The Weirton-Steubenville metro area scores 59 for electricians (upper middle), #114 of 383 scored metro areas.

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