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Electricians in the Kenosha, WI metro area

How the Kenosha, WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #38 of 383 scored metro areas
#1 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
22
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$193.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,811 a household
Spending per listing
$16.1M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
168,448
−0.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for electricians in the Kenosha metro area is 71 (upper middle), #38 of 383 scored metro areas and #1 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for electricians.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Kenosha metro area comes to about $193.7M a year: $2,811 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $16.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

The Kenosha metro area has 12 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in the Kenosha metro area classed as electrical contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 3,132 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $279K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the Kenosha metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Kenosha metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Kenosha 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 Kenosha, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureKenosha metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.72.72.5
Spending per listing$16.1M$10.1M$12M
Households per official establishment3,1321,6991,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+6.7%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,811$2,759$3,018
Median household income$81,239$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7141

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
220.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
143
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$279K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
168,448−0.4% since 2020
Households
68,904
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
272 sq. mi.
People per square mile
620
Median household income
$81,239
Average household income
$103,301
Median home value
$265,500
Jobs located here
76,591
Daytime population
157,773Residents 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 Kenosha 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

Other business types in the Kenosha metro area

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

Questions

How many electricians are in the Kenosha, WI metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 electricians in the Kenosha metro area. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

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

About $193.7M a year, or $2,811 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 electricians on map listings, it comes to $16.1M 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 68,904 households in the Kenosha metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kenosha, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Kenosha metro area has 1.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $16.1M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Kenosha metro area would have about 16, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,132 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kenosha, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kenosha metro area at 168,448 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 68,904 households. Median household income in the Kenosha metro area is $81,239, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Kenosha metro area scores 71 for electricians (upper middle), #38 of 383 scored metro areas.

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