Counties in Sunbelt States Stand Tall in Estimated Electrical Contractor Sales Growth
When you study Electrical Marketing’s latest estimated electrical contractor sales estimates at the county-level, the first thing you see is how so much of the sales volume is concentrated in a relatively small number of metropolitan statistical areas and states. For instance, of the 50 counties with the highest estimated sales volume from electrical contractors (see chart at bottom of page), 25 were in three states and one Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
Eight of the markets were in California (roughly $6.4 billion in estimated electrical contractors sales); seven were in Florida (totaling $3.4 billion in estimated contractor sales); five were in Texas ($4.9 billion in sales): and five of the counties were in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, (MSA) ($2.5 billion in sales). These 25 counties probably account for 20% or more of total electrical contractor sales in the United States, while the Top 50 counties probably account for 35% of the estimated $89 billion electrical contractor sales throughout the United States in Q2 2025.
When measured by year-over-year dollar increase in estimated sales, four markets saw their electrical contractor sales potential increase by more than $100 million: Harris County in the Houston, TX, metro (+$228.1 million); Loudoun County, VA (+$220.1 million); Salt Lake County, UT (+115.3 million); and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA’s Dallas County (+107.8 million).
On a YOY percent increase basis, Loudoun County (+34.5 million); Salt Lake County, UT (+18.3%); Harris County, TX (+16.6%); Cobb County, GA (+16.2%); and Waukesha County, WI (+12.9%); ranked in the Top 5.
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About the Author
Jim Lucy
Editor-in-Chief
Over the past 40-plus years, hundreds of Jim’s articles have been published in Electrical Wholesaling and Electrical Marketing newsletter on topics such as the impact of new competitors on the electrical market’s channels of distribution, energy-efficient lighting and renewables, and local market economics. In addition to his published work, Jim regularly gives presentations on these topics to C-suite executives, industry groups and investment analysts.
He launched a new subscription-based data product for Electrical Marketing that offers electrical sales potential estimates and related market data for more than 300 metropolitan areas, and in 1999 he published his first book, “The Electrical Marketer’s Survival Guide” for electrical industry executives looking for an overview of key market trends.
While managing Electrical Wholesaling’s editorial operations, Jim and the publication’s staff won several Jesse H. Neal awards for editorial excellence, the highest honor in the business press, and numerous national and regional awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. He has a master’s degree in Communications and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J. (now Rowan University).