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A Dean Electric
PO Box 244 Kensington, MD 20895
301-854-4999
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35 ratings |
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| 2. |
A R Electrical
7636 Airpark Rd Gaithersburg, MD 20879
301-208-2333
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A/C Electric
15829 Redland Rd Rockville, MD 20855
301-590-7300
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14 ratings |
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| 4. |
Able Electric
Silver Spring, MD 20901
301-949-3700
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60 ratings |
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| 5. |
Absolute Electric
PO Box 651131 Sterling, VA 20165
571-244-4268
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14 ratings |
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| 6. |
Alex's Electrical Service
12804 Golden Oak Dr Laurel, MD 20708
301-490-2484
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16 ratings |
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All American Electric
Herndon, VA 20170
703-953-7600
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All Things Electric
19815 Martinsburg Rd Dickerson, MD 20842
301-428-8099
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Am Electric
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
301-574-8200
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An Honest Electrician
5100 Colebrook Pl Alexandria, VA 22312
703-914-0044
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| 11. |
Apex Electric Svc
13316 Ivakota Farm Rd Clifton, VA 20124
703-815-5555
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| 12. |
Arnold Electric
14013 Rippling Brook Dr Silver Spring, MD 20906
301-871-8787
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72 ratings |
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| 13. |
Arrow Electric Svc
8520 Raleigh Ave Annandale, VA 22003
703-426-4048
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| 14. |
Ashburn Electric
43193 Thistledown Terr #128 Ashburn, VA 20148
703-858-7332
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| 15. |
Autumn Electric
235-A Mill St NE Vienna, VA 22180
703-938-1370
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227 ratings |
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| 16. |
B & M Electric
15812 Livingston Rd Accokeek, MD 20607
301-292-6400
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20 ratings |
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| 17. |
Baker's Appliance Heating
1330 Old Bridge Rd Woodbridge, VA 22192
703-494-8419
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11 ratings |
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| 18. |
Baldi Electric
Burke, VA 22015
703-231-8602
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26 ratings |
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Barclay Electrical Svc
7025 Fox Chase Rd New Market, MD 21774
301-696-1962
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| 20. |
Becker Electric
820 Gibbon St #300 Alexandria, VA 22314
703-683-5888
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363 ratings |
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| 21. |
Benfield Electric
12021 Wilton Meadows Ct Manassas, VA 20109
703-551-2729
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25 ratings |
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| 22. |
Berardi Electrical
518 University Blvd W Silver Spring, MD 20901
301-593-3420
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| 23. |
Best Electric Co
8514 Portsmouth Dr Laurel, MD 20708
301-953-1953
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| 24. |
BGE Home
1409-A Tangier Dr Baltimore, MD 21220
888-243-4663
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11 ratings |
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| 25. |
Bill Buhl Electric
207 Courthouse Rd SW Vienna, VA 22180
703-281-4565
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| 26. |
Birckhead Electric
2408 Crofton Blvd Crofton, MD 21114
301-858-0373
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10 ratings |
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| 27. |
Blue Jay Electric
6064 Augustine Ave Elkridge, MD 21075
410-379-5266
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| 28. |
Boyland Electric
21030 Frederick Rd Germantown, MD 20876
301-972-5337
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| 29. |
Brady Electric
4917 Wycliff Ln Fairfax, VA 22032
703-425-5900
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17 ratings |
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| 30. |
Bruno's Electric
9693 Gerwig Ln #T Columbia, MD 21046
410-381-6900
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| 31. |
Builder's Electric Svc
Laurel, MD 20707
301-470-3309
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| 32. |
C D Williams Electric
PO Box 63 Laurel, MD 20725
301-498-4846
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17 ratings |
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| 33. |
C W Robinson Electric
14004 Willard Rd #L Chantilly, VA 20151
703-802-9000
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| 34. |
Cary Electric Co
15411 Baileys Ln Silver Spring, MD 20906
301-924-2558
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| 35. |
Cedar Electrical Services
PO Box 939 Sterling, VA 20167
703-406-9101
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12 ratings |
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| 36. |
Certified Electrical Technologies
PO Box 60650 Rockville, MD 20859
301-948-5252
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37 ratings |
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| 37. |
Chuck Niglio & Son Electrical Contractor
10411 Huntley Ave Silver Spring, MD 20902
301-649-5108
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24 ratings |
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| 38. |
Cline Electric Co
18703 Penn Shop Rd Mount Airy, MD 21771
301-831-7151
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| 39. |
Colorado Electric Co
4500 Russell Ave Mount Rainier, MD 20712
301-779-0007
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| 40. |
Commonwealth Electric Service
1611 N Jefferson St Arlington, VA 22205
703-532-6470
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14 ratings |
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| 41. |
Contract Electric
10713 Hunters Chase Ln Damascus, MD 20872
301-253-0338
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13 ratings |
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| 42. |
Crescent Electric
5505 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20015
202-363-7100
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37 ratings |
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| 43. |
Cullen Electric
PO Box 10877 Alexandria, VA 22310
703-822-0101
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21 ratings |
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| 44. |
Custom Electric Systems
16415 Bond Mill Rd Laurel, MD 20707
301-776-1637
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| 45. |
D & P Electrical Service
10247 Kensington Pkwy Kensington, MD 20895
301-933-4619
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48 ratings |
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| 46. |
David Williams Electric
PO Box 2272 Ellicott City, MD 21041
410-781-4357
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53 ratings |
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| 47. |
Dayton Electrical Contracting
4435 Oakwood Overlook Ct Dayton, MD 21036
301-854-1163
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| 48. |
Dependable One Electrical
11946 Goodwood Dr Fairfax, VA 22030
703-278-8191
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36 ratings |
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Direct Current
2753-A Cameron Rd Falls Church, VA 22042
703-237-1474
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16 ratings |
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District Electrical
4601 Decatur St Hyattsville, MD 20781
301-864-5080
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Electricians Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Electricians.
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Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about a local electrician:
This electrician works alone and has no overhead. Very nice guy........
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Subscriber from BURKE, VA wrote about a local electrician:
I called and they were in my area and actually were able to come over..........
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Subscriber from FAIRFAX, VA wrote about a local electrician:
In an emergency we have always been able to get an electrician to come the..........
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Subscriber from ANNANDALE, VA wrote about a local electrician:
Great electricians. Came to our house and got the work done well. Explained what they..........
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Subscriber from ELKRIDGE, MD wrote about a local electrician:
Reasonably priced, excellent work........
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Subscriber from MANASSAS, VA wrote about a local electrician:
What an outstanding and friendly family business. Mr. Brown (son) came to our house promply,..........
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Subscriber from WOODBRIDGE, VA wrote about a local electrician:
I had a number of electrical tasks and all of them were taken care of..........
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Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about a local electrician:
Quality job from beginning to end. The installer Eric explained the work carefully before beginning..........
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Subscriber from ROCKVILLE, MD wrote about a local electrician:
Bob McCathran does fabulous and meticulous work........
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Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about a local electrician:
Negotiated with my husband a time to come (time, now just morning or afternoon), came..........
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Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about a local electrician:
Best electrician Ive worked with. Very reasonable on price, and always on time. Ive use..........
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Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about a local electrician:
Tom was great on everything from scheduling the work, to communicating about it, to performing..........
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Subscriber from MANASSAS, VA wrote about a local electrician:
had them to my house twice,best you can get.......
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Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local electrician:
He replaced our electrical box and put up outside motion detectors around our house. He..........
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Subscriber from GAITHERSBURG, MD wrote about a local electrician:
Expensive but worth it. Bob is the best........
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Subscriber from APO, AE wrote about a local electrician:
Very pleased with all electrical work that they have done for us. Honest and hardworking........
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