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Electricians in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area

The electricians in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #348 of 383 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
22
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
48
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$178.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,663 a household
Spending per listing
$8.1M
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
32% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
166,472
+1.7% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for electricians in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is 28 (lower middle), #348 of 383 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 electricians in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Janesville-Beloit metro area comes to about $178.9M a year: $2,663 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 electricians, that is $8.1M per company, 32% below 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 48 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Janesville-Beloit metro area in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,400 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Janesville-Beloit metro area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Janesville-Beloit metro area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureJanesville-Beloit metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.32.72.5
Spending per listing$8.1M$10.1M$12M
Households per official establishment1,4001,6991,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%+6.7%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,663$2,759$3,018
Median household income$75,673$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score2841

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
48+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
476
Annual payroll, 2023
$38M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
220 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Janesville-Beloit 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 Janesville-Beloit metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
166,472+1.7% since 2020
Households
67,201
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
718 sq. mi.
People per square mile
229
Median household income
$75,673+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,984
Median home value
$231,600
Jobs located here
69,632
Daytime population
154,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Wisconsin

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

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI723242.2$14.5M+2.6%#34 of 383
1Kenosha, WI71121.7$16.1M−0.4%#38 of 383
2Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI611352.1$13.7M0.0%#96 of 383
3Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI61172.1$13M+0.4%#100 of 383
4Madison, WI58812.7$11.1M+4.1%#132 of 383
5Green Bay, WI50382.8$9.9M+2.5%#197 of 383
6Fond du Lac, WI48102.3$11.5M+0.5%#210 of 383
7Wausau, WI43152.6$10.5M+1.0%#247 of 383
8Appleton, WI41282.8$10.3M+2.7%#264 of 383
9Oshkosh-Neenah, WI35223.0$8.9M+1.4%#311 of 383
11Janesville-Beloit, WI28223.3$8.1M+1.7%#348 of 383

Other business types in the Janesville-Beloit metro area

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

Questions

How many electricians are in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area?

There are 22 electricians on map listings in the Janesville-Beloit metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $178.9M a year, or $2,663 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 electricians on map listings, it comes to $8.1M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,201 households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Janesville-Beloit metro area has 3.3 electricians per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $8.1M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Janesville-Beloit metro area would have about 15, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,400 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Janesville-Beloit metro area at 166,472 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,201 households. The median household income in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is $75,673 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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 Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 28 for electricians (lower middle), #348 of 383 scored metro areas.

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