Providence, RI · Electricians

Electricians in Providence, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 612 electrical contractors in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area in 2023, employing 4,397 people with $329.1 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

612

25th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

4,397

7.2 per business, against 13.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$329.1 million

$74,846 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

84%

of businesses, against 76% across all metros

Change since 2022

+3.0%

in the number of businesses (594 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Providence.

  • Providence is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of electrical contractors, 25th of 387.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 7.2 employees each, against 13.0 across all metros.
  • The market grew: 18 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Electricians in Providence

How many electrical contractors are there in Providence?

612 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 4,397 people and paid $329.1 million in annual payroll.

Is the Providence market for electricians growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 594 to 612 (+3.0%).

What does VERA do for electricians in Providence?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Providence 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.

Electricians in other markets

Other Providence markets

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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