Minneapolis, MN · Electricians

Electricians in Minneapolis, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 795 electrical contractors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area in 2023, employing 12,186 people with $1.2 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

795

19th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

12,186

15.3 per business, against 13.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$1.2 billion

$94,449 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

78%

of businesses, against 76% across all metros

Change since 2022

-3.3%

in the number of businesses (822 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Minneapolis.

  • Minneapolis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of electrical contractors, 19th of 387.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 15.3 employees each, against 13.0 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $94,449 per employee a year, against $77,600.
  • The count fell by 27 businesses since 2022.

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Questions

Electricians in Minneapolis

How many electrical contractors are there in Minneapolis?

795 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 12,186 people and paid $1.2 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Minneapolis market for electricians growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 822 to 795 (-3.3%).

What does VERA do for electricians in Minneapolis?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Minneapolis business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is electrical contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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