Trade sector · July 2026

Elektrotechnik in Austria

Below-average density and tangible market movement — a favourable combination. Density, 13-month trend and market movement for every federal state and 23 Vienna districts — recomputed monthly.

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Active locations in Vienna

1,665
8.15 per 10k inhabitants Low Active market
Monthly trend · Vienna · Elektrotechnik 1,650 1,665 +0.9 %
Mar 25 – Jul 26 · 15 data points · GISA CC-BY 4.0
Annual report (before change) Method jump (not the real market) Monthly report (clean data)
Monthly trend Vienna · Elektrotechnik: 2,572 active locations in Mar 25, 1,665 in Jul 26, net change plus 0.9 percent. 1,600 1,800 2,000 2,200 2,400 2,600 Switch to monthly report Mar 25: 2,572 locations Apr 25: 2,575 locations May 25: 1,650 locations Jun 25: 2,573 locations Jul 25: 1,656 locations Aug 25: 1,662 locations Sep 25: 1,664 locations Oct 25: 1,663 locations Nov 25: 1,675 locations Dec 25: 1,674 locations Jan 26: 1,665 locations Feb 26: 1,660 locations Apr 26: 1,673 locations Jun 26: 1,672 locations Jul 26: 1,665 locations Mar 25 Jun 25 Sep 25 Dec 25 Apr 26 Jul 26

Key figures

Active in Vienna 1,665 8.15 per 10k inhabitants
Austria total 11,267 Vienna share: 14.8 %
Vienna trend since May 2025 +0.9 % Post-break baseline (clean, no method break)
Movement dynamics 109 % Active market

Whitespace: 3 districts with the lowest density

Shortest path to a decision: the three districts with the lowest number of Elektrotechnik businesses per 10,000 inhabitants — on paper the largest market gaps in Vienna (for population ≥ 20,000).

  1. 1
    1180 Währing Low
    3.7 per 10k · 19 locations · 51,376 inh. -17.4 % since May 25
  2. 2
    1190 Döbling Low
    5.1 per 10k · 39 locations · 76,074 inh. -4.9 % since May 25
  3. 3
    1090 Alsergrund Low
    5.5 per 10k · 23 locations · 41,664 inh. +15.0 % since May 25

Note: low density is a signal, not a guarantee. Combine it with the market movement above and the OSM visibility below before you commit.

What does this trajectory tell you?

The stock is holding steady since May 2025 (post-break baseline) — under 2 % net change. That does not automatically mean “no interest”: if market movement (churn index) is high at the same time, there is active turnover within an overall stable count.

Insider view: methods, fluctuations, readability notes

Method change May 2025. Before May 2025 the figures come from the annual report (reference-date based), from May 2025 on from the monthly OgdAufrechteGewerbeberechtigung snapshots. The two sources count slightly differently — hence the visible break between April and May 2025. For the churn indicator we use only the clean May-2025-plus window, so the calculation is not distorted by the method jump.

Seasonal fluctuations. Smaller month-to-month movements are normal — trade licences are issued in bursts (month turns, quarter ends) and deregistered (often at year ends). A single month at +5 or −3 is not a trend break.

What a line does not show. The stock is a stock, not a flow. 500 active trade licences at a steady monthly stock can mean: (a) 500 dormant businesses with no movement, or (b) 480 stable plus 20 deregistering this month and 20 newly registering. The churn indicator measures exactly that difference — the curve does not show it.

Why we don't go back further. The GISA dataset only exists in structured form from 2018, before that only as non-anonymised internal data. Annual reports from 2019 could theoretically be integrated — that is a planned expansion. Currently: monthly snapshots since March 2025.

Context

What you should know about Elektrotechnik

Electrical engineering is a linked trade (regulated under GewO 1994 § 94). The certificate of competence is obtained in the classic way via the master craftsman examination — alternatively via completion of an HTL in electrical engineering plus 2 years of relevant practical experience, or other equivalent qualifications. The proof is demanding and the barrier to entry high — and that is precisely what protects the market.

In Vienna, around 1,700 active electrical-engineering trade licences are registered, and roughly 11,200 across Austria. The market is shaped by the shortage of skilled workers: there is more work than capacity, and waiting times for end customers range from 4-8 weeks (installations) to 6 months (new builds). The photovoltaic subsidies of 2022-2025 have driven demand up sharply on top of that.

Timing — when to start?

The construction season (March-October) dominates new-build work. Winter is the season for repairs and renovations — heating conversions, smart-home retrofits, photovoltaic planning. Anyone who registers in spring can go straight into the main season.

Pitfalls that are often overlooked

  • ÖVE/ÖNORM liability on installations

    Electrical engineers are liable under ÖVE/ÖNORM E 8001 and the ETG for proper workmanship. A faulty installation can cause damage to property and persons — personal liability extends 30 years. Liability insurance covering consequential damage (fire, water damage) is de facto indispensable.

  • Test label and documentation obligation

    Every electrical installation must be signed off with a test report plus a label. Missing or incomplete documentation leads to full liability for the executing professional in the event of later accidents. Digital documentation tools (ElektroBase, installpro) have by now become the industry standard.

  • Neighbouring undeclared work

    For small jobs (swapping a socket, hanging a lamp), licensed electrical engineers compete with cowboy operators. The price difference can be 2-3x. Technically sound businesses should actively communicate the insurance and liability question — the difference is not technical, it is legal.

Regulated trade under GewO 1994 § 94 + Elektrotechnikverordnung. Gewerbeschlüssel 1601 according to GISA. Standards: ÖVE/ÖNORM E 8001, ETG 1992.

Insider analysis · Vienna

What does your competition really look like?

As ofJuly 2026Next snapshot: ~August 1, 2026

The typical active business in Vienna is 13 years old (median). 17 % are younger than 3 years, 37 % older than 20 years. Dominant legal form: 54.5 % registered companies.

How long have they been in the market?

Distribution of age in years across all 1,665 active locations. Median 13 years · P10–P90 1–36 years.

106<1
981-2
842-3
1473-5
1595-8
1748-12
27412-20
29020-30
27630-50
5750+

Bars = number of businesses per age-year bucket. Highlighted bar = median age. Small buckets under 5 businesses are suppressed as "·" (GDPR minimum cell size against re-identification).

Founding waves

When were the currently active businesses founded?

before 2000
422(25 %)
2000-2009
317(19 %)
2010-2014
180(11 %)
2015-2019
224(13 %)
2020-2026
522(31 %)

Solo (natural person) vs. registered company (GmbH, OG, KG, AG).

Sole proprietors
45.5 % (758)
Legal entity
54.5 % (907)

Distribution across Vienna postal-code areas

The higher the Gini index, the more the sector concentrates in a few postal-code areas. 0 = evenly distributed, 1 = everything in a single postal-code area. Vienna has 23 districts, which split into several postal-code areas.

0.38Gini indexmoderately concentrated
23Active postal-code areasin which at least one business is active
32 %Top-3 shareacross 3 postal-code areas combined
  • #11230193 businesses
  • #21100173 businesses
  • #31220163 businesses

Method: Active locations only (legally effective, not dormant). Snapshot 2026-07. Data source: GISA via data.gv.at, CC-BY 4.0.

Honest data limit: The open dataset contains no owner IDs. Who stands behind which business, and whether one owner holds several locations/sectors, cannot be derived from open data alone. The postal-code concentration above is a proxy signal for chain tendencies, not a real ownership analysis.

Complementary signal

What is the market searching for? — Google Trends bridge

Our data shows how many businesses exist. Google Trends adds how often people search for “Elektriker” — the demand side. Together you see whether a market is constrained by supply or by demand.

Google Trends is a free third-party tool. We store nothing and pass no data on — the link opens directly on trends.google.com in a new tab.

Market compass · Vienna · Elektrotechnik compared

Saturation × market movement at a glance

Each dot is a trade sector. Left = lower density per 10,000 residents, top = more movement (registrations and deregistrations over the last 11 months).

Market compass for Vienna · Elektrotechnik compared 20 trade sectors in Vienna · Elektrotechnik compared, positioned by density per 10,000 residents (x-axis, logarithmic) and churn index (y-axis). Top-left is the prime zone: undersupplied and active. Density per 10,000 residents → ← Market movement (churn index %) Prime zone undersupplied · active Slots opening saturated · active Stagnant undersupplied · quiet Entrenched saturated · quiet Bäcker: density 0.8/10k · churn 40 % Bäcker Baumeister: density 6.8/10k · churn 128 % Dachdecker: density 0.4/10k · churn 125 % Dachdecker Elektrotechnik: density 8.2/10k · churn 109 % Elektrotechnik Fleischer: density 0.7/10k · churn 66 % Fleischer Berufsfotograf: density 12.6/10k · churn 87 % Berufsfotograf Friseur: density 10.1/10k · churn 49 % Friseur Fußpflege: density 3.2/10k · churn 79 % Fußpflege Gärtner & Florist: density 1.6/10k · churn 106 % Gärtner & Florist Gas- und Sanitärtechnik: density 5.9/10k · churn 102 % Gastgewerbe: density 37.6/10k · churn 30 % Gastgewerbe IT-Dienstleistungen: density 80.5/10k · churn 118 % IT-Dienstleistungen Kosmetik: density 9.6/10k · churn 102 % Lebens- und Sozialberatung: density 17.7/10k · churn 83 % Lebens- und Sozialberatung Massage: density 8.7/10k · churn 115 % Nagelstudio: density 5.7/10k · churn 54 % Nagelstudio Taxi: density 21.2/10k · churn 81 % Taxi Tischler: density 2.7/10k · churn 99 % Tischler Unternehmensberatung: density 52.3/10k · churn 92 % Unternehmensberatung Werbeagentur: density 35.8/10k · churn 113 % Werbeagentur
Active market · growing steadily Growing, volatile Quiet Shrinking

All federal states compared

Density per 10,000 inhabitants plus market dynamics over the last 11 months. Sorted by density, descending.

Federal state Locations per 10k Density Market dynamics net 11 mo
Salzburg → 962 16.8 Very high Active market +0.4 %
Burgenland → 445 14.8 Very high Active market +1.6 %
Niederösterreich → 2,498 14.4 High Active market +1.0 %
Kärnten → 794 13.9 High Growing, volatile +3.8 %
Steiermark → 1,628 12.8 Medium Active market +1.2 %
Oberösterreich → 1,892 12.3 Medium Active market +1.4 %
Tirol → 930 11.9 Low Growing, volatile +2.4 %
Vorarlberg → 453 11.0 Low Active market -0.7 %
Wien(here) 1,665 8.2 Low Active market +0.9 %

Vienna — all 23 districts

Sorted by Elektrotechnik density per 10,000 inhabitants, descending. “Licensed” = GISA trade licences, “OSM” = shop addresses visible in OpenStreetMap, “since May 25” = district net delta post method break (clean signal, without the May-2025 jump).

Postcode District Lic. OSM Inh. per 10k Density since May 25
1010 Innere Stadt 46 0 16,281 28.3 Very high rising  +21.1 %
1230 Liesing 193 2 123,714 15.6 Very high rising  +0.5 %
1160 Ottakring 106 0 102,727 10.3 Very high falling  -5.4 %
1150 Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus 75 1 75,902 9.9 Very high rising  +2.7 %
1120 Meidling 100 2 102,393 9.8 Very high unchanged  +0.0 %
1050 Margareten 50 1 54,581 9.2 High rising  +11.1 %
1060 Mariahilf 27 1 31,083 8.7 High rising  +8.0 %
1030 Landstraße 84 2 98,881 8.5 High unchanged  +0.0 %
1020 Leopoldstadt 95 1 112,675 8.4 High rising  +1.1 %
1080 Josefstadt 19 0 24,242 7.8 High falling  -13.6 %
1110 Simmering 87 1 112,149 7.8 High rising  +6.1 %
1100 Favoriten 173 0 223,190 7.8 Medium falling  -1.1 %
1070 Neubau 24 0 31,330 7.7 Medium rising  +9.1 %
1140 Penzing 71 1 99,049 7.2 Medium falling  -6.6 %
1220 Donaustadt 163 4 228,158 7.1 Medium rising  +4.5 %
1210 Floridsdorf 127 4 189,551 6.7 Medium falling  -3.8 %
1040 Wieden 22 1 33,444 6.6 Medium rising  +10.0 %
1200 Brigittenau 56 2 86,950 6.4 Low rising  +14.3 %
1130 Hietzing 33 0 56,108 5.9 Low falling  -2.9 %
1170 Hernals 33 0 56,767 5.8 Low falling  -5.7 %
1090 Alsergrund 23 1 41,664 5.5 Low rising  +15.0 %
1190 Döbling 39 3 76,074 5.1 Low falling  -4.9 %
1180 Währing 19 0 51,376 3.7 Low falling  -17.4 %

Lic. vs. OSM: GISA also counts mobile or home-based businesses without a shop; OSM shows only those with a visible address. Vienna total: 1,665 licensed vs. ~70 in OSM (27 with postcode, 43 without).

Other trades with a similar market situation

Other trade sectors with active market dynamics in Vienna.

Bäcker 0.8 per 10k · Density low
Dachdecker 0.4 per 10k · Density low
Fleischer 0.7 per 10k · Density low

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the typical questions about Elektrotechnik in Austria.

How many Elektrotechnik businesses are currently active in Wien?
1,665 active trade licences per the GISA snapshot July 2026. That is 14.8 % of all 11,267 Elektrotechnik businesses in Austria — or, put differently, 8.15 businesses per 10,000 inhabitants.
Which federal state has the most Elektrotechnik businesses per capita?
Salzburg leads with 16.77 Elektrotechnik businesses per 10,000 inhabitants. At the other end of the scale sits Wien with 8.15. The bottom position is, on paper, the biggest market gap — whether that is a real opportunity depends on purchasing power and demand.
Is the market for Elektrotechnik in Vienna moving?
In the window May 2025 – July 2026 roughly 109 % of the average stock saw movement (registrations and deregistrations), at a net growth of +0.9 %. Classification: active market. High movement means: even when the market looks saturated, slots open up regularly.
Which Vienna districts have the lowest Elektrotechnik density?
Vienna districts with below-average density per 10,000 inhabitants (only districts with at least 20,000 inhabitants counted): 1180 Währing (3.7 per 10k), 1190 Döbling (5.1 per 10k), 1090 Alsergrund (5.5 per 10k). On paper these are the districts with the largest whitespace for a new Elektrotechnik business.
Which Vienna district has the highest Elektrotechnik density?
1010 Innere Stadt with 28.25 businesses per 10,000 inhabitants. That usually means strong competition and a tough spot for newcomers. Exception: inner-city districts benefit from commuter and tourism demand, so the per-capita figure understates the real customer base there.
Do I need a master craftsman's certificate for a Elektrotechnik trade?
That depends on the specific trade code. Free trades (e.g. cosmetics / beauty care) only need a trade registration at the district authority; regulated crafts (e.g. hairdresser, roofer, butcher) additionally require the master craftsman's certificate (Meisterbrief) or an equivalent qualification before you can go self-employed. Details in the glossary and at the WKO.
What does the full market check cost?
This overview — density, 13-month trend, market movement, district data and insider demographics (age, legal form, concentration) — is free and needs no signup, and it stays that way. If you need the figures in writing as a complete report and Excel export plus 12 months of automatic updates, that is what the Pro Report is for: a one-off €49 (SEPA transfer, small-business scheme — no VAT, no subscription).
How is the figure calculated?
The basis is the GISA dataset OgdAufrechteGewerbeberechtigung (data.gv.at, CC-BY 4.0). We count active trade licences with a location in the respective region and the trade code 1601. Density = active businesses ÷ inhabitants × 10,000. Full documentation on Methodology & data sources.

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