How Many Licensed Electricians Are There? 2026 Data
Echelon separates 295,284 electrical license units from 163,379 tiered worker credentials and explains why neither is a national worker count.
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Piketon Ohio Data Center: Contractors, Trades and Timeline
PORTS-Pike contractor intelligence covering Bechtel, Kiewit, skilled trades, permits, power, local licenses and the 10 GW Piketon Ohio data center.
Who Will Build America’s AI Data Centers? The Labor Problem
AI data center construction is colliding with shortages of electricians, pipefitters, and HVAC workers. Echelon tracks the licensed workforce.
The California Paradox
The California Paradox It is the most punishing state in the country to run a residential trades business. It is also where the biggest checks are being written. Both are true at once, and the space between them decides what your California trades business is worth and whether you should operate it or sell it. … Read more
What Is Your Solar Business Worth After the Collapse?
What Is Your Solar Business Worth After the Collapse? Solar looked like the next great trades roll-up. Then the policy changed. Here is what happened, what a solar business is worth now, and the uncomfortable lesson it holds for every other trade. The short answer: After the 2023 net-metering changes and the bankruptcies that followed, … Read more
The One Number That Decides What Your Trades Business Is Worth
The One Number That Decides What Your Trades Business Is Worth Of everything that moves a trades valuation, one factor moves it most. Here is why recurring revenue is the lever, what counts and what does not, and how to build it whether or not you ever plan to sell. In this brief Why recurring … Read more
What Is Your Electrical Business Worth in 2026?
What Is Your Electrical Business Worth in 2026? Electrical is the next HVAC, and the wave has not peaked. Here is what your business is worth today, and what decides whether you ride the wave or get bought at the bottom of it. In this brief Why electrical, and why now How hot, exactly What … Read more
What Is Your Roofing Business Worth in 2026?
What Is Your Roofing Business Worth in 2026? Roofing has become the fastest roll-up in the trades. Here is what that means for your number, and what separates a premium exit from getting bought cheap. In this brief Why roofing, and why now How hot, exactly What roofing businesses actually sell for How a buyer … Read more
The Great Trades Roll-Up
The Great Trades Roll-Up Why Wall Street is buying some trades a shop at a time and walking past others, and what the pattern says about what your business is worth. In this brief The rule everyone gets half-right Filter one: a harvestable scaled tier Filter two: demand that comes back The spectrum, hottest to … Read more
Is Private Equity Buying HVAC Companies in Ohio? A 2026 Map for Owners
Private equity is actively buying HVAC, plumbing, and home-services companies across Ohio in 2026. Who is buying, what they pay, and what it means whether you sell or stay independent.