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Best Cities to Open an Electrical Business in 2026 (Market Data)

Where should you open an electrical business? Free U.S. Census data ranks the least- and most-saturated electrical contractors markets across 387 metros. Find the cities with the most room to grow.

Updated 2026

There are 69,939 electrical contractors across the 387 U.S. metros we track - an average of 24.2 per 100,000 residents (the typical metro has 22.7). The least-saturated markets have the most room for a well-marketed electrical business. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (2022) and Population Estimates (2023).

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All 387 electrical contractors markets by state

Number shown is electrical contractors per 100,000 residents. Lower = less saturated.

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AK

Anchorage36.1 Fairbanks28.5

AL

Anniston11.2 Auburn15.9 Birmingham22.6 Daphne24.5 Decatur27.7 Dothan10.4 Florence20 Gadsden23.2 Huntsville16.9 Mobile23.6 Montgomery20.8 Tuscaloosa15.5

AR

Fayetteville27.3 Fort Smith22.5 Hot Springs46.1 Jonesboro33 Little Rock27.1

AZ

Flagstaff27.7 Lake Havasu City25.9 Phoenix22.4 Prescott Valley32.5 Sierra Vista16 Tucson19.3 Yuma23

CO

Boulder25.4 Colorado Springs28.6 Denver32.7 Fort Collins39.4 Grand Junction35.7 Greeley38.4 Pueblo27.2

CT

Bridgeport31.9 Hartford30.9 New Haven31.9 Norwich28.3 Waterbury37.7

DC

DE

GA

Albany19.2 Athens23 Atlanta23 Augusta19.1 Brunswick25.8 Columbus11.4 Dalton18 Gainesville32.7 Hinesville4.5 Macon21.6 Rome17 Savannah20.2 Valdosta29.8 Warner Robins10.5

HI

Kahului31.7 Urban Honolulu24.7

IA

Ames20 Cedar Rapids26.5 Davenport16.9 Des Moines23.6 Dubuque19.2 Iowa City25 Sioux City20.1 Waterloo22.6

ID

Boise City32.5 Coeur d'Alene47 Idaho Falls36.8 Lewiston36.6 Pocatello26.5 Twin Falls30.7

IL

Bloomington18.8 Champaign15.3 Chicago22.7 Decatur12.9 Kankakee18.9 Peoria19.9 Rockford16.2 Springfield17

IN

Bloomington17.4 Columbus20.2 Elkhart18.9 Evansville25.1 Fort Wayne24.2 Indianapolis19.2 Kokomo10.7 Lafayette15.4 Michigan City16.1 Muncie18.7 South Bend15.4 Terre Haute17.8

KS

Lawrence19.9 Manhattan21.1 Topeka18.1 Wichita20.8

KY

Bowling Green24.4 Elizabethtown22.7 Lexington24.8 Louisville/Jefferson County21.2 Owensboro24.9 Paducah26.4

LA

Alexandria17.5 Baton Rouge23.5 Hammond19.6 Houma21.6 Lafayette25.1 Lake Charles26.7 Monroe23.9 New Orleans21.5 Shreveport20.1 Slidell32.3

MA

Amherst Town28.3 Barnstable Town63.4 Boston36.4 Pittsfield50.5 Springfield26.9 Worcester37.6

MD

Baltimore25.3 Hagerstown19.6 Lexington Park37.1 Salisbury24.7

ME

Bangor37.3 Lewiston35.2 Portland50

MI

Ann Arbor9.3 Battle Creek15 Bay City11.7 Detroit18.1 Flint15.4 Grand Rapids21.4 Jackson19.4 Kalamazoo16.8 Lansing14.8 Midland17.8 Monroe14.2 Muskegon16.4 Niles19 Saginaw21.8 Traverse City42.8

MN

Duluth21.3 Mankato30.7 Minneapolis22.1 Rochester24.4 St. Cloud34.1

MO

Cape Girardeau17.3 Columbia16.6 Jefferson City28.5 Joplin15.1 Kansas City22.7 Springfield26.3 St. Joseph20.3 St. Louis18

MS

Gulfport14 Hattiesburg12.8 Jackson22.6

MT

Billings37.6 Bozeman72.8 Great Falls22.4 Helena50 Missoula41.8

NC

Asheville37.6 Burlington22.9 Charlotte26.5 Durham21.8 Fayetteville18.4 Goldsboro19.4 Greensboro26 Greenville21.1 Hickory26.8 Jacksonville13.6 Pinehurst28.1 Raleigh27.5 Rocky Mount28.2 Wilmington41.5 Winston22.4

ND

Bismarck38.3 Fargo36.9 Grand Forks33 Minot47.5

NE

Grand Island37.9 Lincoln28.7 Omaha25.2

NH

NJ

Atlantic City30.8 Trenton20.4 Vineland17.7

NM

Albuquerque28.8 Farmington28.2 Las Cruces20 Santa Fe35.3

NV

Carson City32.7 Las Vegas20 Reno30.3

NY

Albany26.6 Binghamton17.6 Buffalo18.3 Elmira14.8 Glens Falls23.1 Ithaca12.6 Kingston37.8 Kiryas Joel33.5 New York29.7 Rochester21 Syracuse17.5 Utica19.2 Watertown11.3

OH

Akron15.9 Canton17.5 Cincinnati18.1 Cleveland18.3 Columbus16.2 Dayton15.3 Lima9.9 Mansfield20 Sandusky14.9 Springfield11.9 Toledo15.8 Youngstown18.5

OK

Enid32.2 Lawton15 Oklahoma City30 Tulsa27.9

OR

Albany22.8 Bend39.5 Corvallis13.3 Eugene26.8 Grants Pass21.6 Medford27.2 Portland22.8 Salem23.6

PA

Allentown18.2 Altoona20 Chambersburg14.6 Erie22.8 Gettysburg25.3 Harrisburg16.5 Johnstown8.4 Lancaster29.5 Lebanon24.3 Philadelphia24.4 Pittsburgh21.9 Reading17.8 Scranton19.7 State College9.5 Williamsport16.9 York20.9

RI

SC

Charleston21.8 Columbia17 Florence17 Greenville20.1 Hilton Head Island30.1 Myrtle Beach21.1 Spartanburg16.4 Sumter16.3

SD

Rapid City39.1 Sioux Falls30.5

TN

Chattanooga15.7 Clarksville15 Cleveland16.2 Jackson19.8 Johnson City19.7 Kingsport15.7 Knoxville16.9 Memphis16.2 Morristown9.7 Nashville22

UT

Logan35.5 Ogden27.7 Provo31.1 Salt Lake City30.2 St. George42.5

VA

Blacksburg14.3 Charlottesville26.7 Harrisonburg24.7 Lynchburg20.8 Richmond26.6 Roanoke20.7 Staunton27.5 Virginia Beach20.9 Winchester22.4

VT

WA

Bellingham31.9 Bremerton24.1 Kennewick25.8 Longview19.5 Mount Vernon34.2 Olympia26.8 Seattle25.7 Spokane28 Walla Walla26 Wenatchee34.5 Yakima27.7

WI

Appleton34.9 Eau Claire28.6 Fond du Lac23.1 Green Bay20.5 Janesville31 Kenosha11.3 La Crosse24.1 Madison25.6 Milwaukee21.2 Oshkosh25 Racine18.3 Sheboygan30.6 Wausau21.6

WV

Beckley23.3 Charleston19.2 Huntington16.3 Morgantown19.7 Parkersburg18.2 Weirton8.8 Wheeling8.1

WY

Casper52.5 Cheyenne28.7

Electrical Contractors market - FAQ

How many electrical contractors are there in the US?

Across the 387 U.S. metros we track, there are 69,939 electrical contractors, or about 24.2 per 100,000 residents on average. Counts are Census County Business Patterns establishments, not individual practitioners.

Which U.S. city is the least saturated for electrical contractors?

Hinesville, GA has the fewest electrical contractors per capita among the metros we rank: 4.5 per 100,000 residents.

Which U.S. city is the most saturated for electrical contractors?

Bozeman, MT has the most electrical contractors per capita among the metros we rank: 72.8 per 100,000 residents.

How does the electrical contractors market ranking work?

We rank 387 metros from lowest to highest electrical contractors per 100,000 residents using U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns establishment counts and Census Population Estimates. Lower rank means less saturated.