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Best Electricians in Berks County, PA

The electricians Berks County homeowners keep going back to, chosen from the county's own reviews and checked as open and working, with what each one is known for and how to pick between them.

Berks Connect Blog|Published September 10, 2026
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Search for the best electrician in Berks County on Google and the lists that come back will hand you companies in Lancaster, Lehigh and Montgomery counties. One national site's top ten electricians for Reading has no Berks County company on it at all. So here are the electricians people in Berks County keep calling back, every one with a Berks address and every one confirmed open this week.

I put the list together from two things: what Berks homeowners write in the Google reviews for each shop, and the names that came up when a homeowner asked other Berks people online who to call. I grouped them by the kind of work they're known for. If you're here because a breaker keeps tripping, that's usually a morning call, not tonight, unless it trips with nothing plugged in or you smell burning, and the shops known for speed come first. Ten of the thirteen are in the quick list, and the county electricians page has the whole list if you want to keep looking.

Top Notch Electric. The fast one.

If half your house goes dark on a Tuesday night, this is the Reading shop people reach for. What comes up over and over is speed: same-day calls, overnight emergency calls, somebody at the door at an hour that wasn't convenient for anybody.

The other thing that comes up is that they troubleshoot before they replace. They chase the fault instead of swapping parts until the trouble goes away, and that costs you less than guessing.

Stanley Theodossiou & Sons.

In October 2025 a homeowner asked the r/BerksCounty subreddit for an electrician, and this was the first name up and the one most people agreed on. The people agreeing had been using the shop for years.

There's no website, so it's a phone call. If what you want is the name the neighbor two streets over would give you, this is that name.

KNG Electric. Everyday repairs.

This is the one I'd call for the ordinary stuff, the dead outlet or the ceiling fan you've been meaning to put up since spring. It came up in that same Reddit thread as a shop that stands behind its work.

More than thirty years of electrical work in Berks sits behind it, and the focus is residential, from outlets and ceiling fans up to rewires and panel upgrades.

Hughes Electrical Innovative Current Specialists. The one people text.

Some days you don't want to have a phone conversation about your basement. Reviewers keep saying you can set a job up by text, and for a lot of people that's the difference between the work getting scheduled and not.

They work out of Earl Township on homes and businesses, and generator maintenance and whole-house surge protection are the two things they make a point of. What people write about them is consistent: professional, knowledgeable, easy to deal with.

Jose Delfi Electrical. Older Reading houses.

If your house has wiring older than you are, this is the one to call, and you can call on a Saturday. Homeowners keep saying they show up fast, weekends and early mornings included, and finish the job on the spot instead of coming back Thursday.

They've been at it since 2012, and the work is aimed squarely at older homes: panel upgrades, rewiring, and replacing knob-and-tube and aluminum wiring. The price is firm up front, which matters when you can't see what's behind the plaster.

Waldman Electrical Contractors. The century-old shop.

A West Reading shop established in 1918 has seen an old service panel before. They're family-owned, they do homes and businesses, and generators and lightning protection are the specialties they name.

Reviewers describe skilled, efficient, neat work, and they say the crew walks you through the plan before anyone opens a wall.

PowerHaus Electrical Services. The problem-solver.

Every house has one mystery, like a room that's dead for no reason. This is the Reading shop people bring those to, and reviewers describe somebody inventive who keeps at a problem until it's solved.

There are master and journeyman electricians on staff, and beyond repairs they do panel upgrades, EV chargers, generators, and hot tub and pool hookups.

Austin Electric. The polished crew for a bigger job.

When a crew is going to be in your house for a week, how they behave matters. Reviewers here talk about courteous crews who clean up after themselves, and clear estimates and scheduling from the first visit.

Out of Sinking Spring, with more than fifteen years behind them, they take on homes and businesses, generators from portable to whole-house, and the bigger renovation jobs.

Keeler Electric. The standby-generator specialist.

If this is the year you get a standby generator, start here. Keeler is a certified Generac installer and distributor, so the generator side isn't a sideline for them.

The Bernville shop is family-owned, more than twenty years in, with master and journeyman electricians on staff. They also do panel upgrades and EV charging, and they'll do an electrical safety inspection at no charge, which is a reasonable way to find out where you stand.

Reviewers say the technicians explain the system before they leave, so you know what you own.

Merry Brothers Electrical Services. Generators and roofline lighting.

The line that shows up again and again about this Pike Township family shop is that they arrive when they said they would. They give exact arrival times and keep them, and reviewers also say they clear up long-standing generator problems quickly.

They're veteran-owned and woman-owned, and the two things they lead with are Generac standby generators and permanent roofline lighting.

Job Done Electrical. EV chargers in the Boyertown end.

You bought the car, now you need the charger, and you'd like it to work the first time. That's the thing reviewers say about this Boyertown shop: an EV charger that worked the first time, work that's meticulous and to code, and a fair price.

Beyond chargers they do generators, panels, and outdoor and sign lighting, for homes and businesses across Berks and the counties around it.

Kline Electric. Neat work on a house project.

You can tell careful wiring from careless by looking at the finished work, and people who've hired Kline mention how it looks. They also mention quick callbacks and showing up when they said, which is most of the battle.

The Wernersville shop works mostly on houses: lighting, outlets, wiring repairs, and bringing older wiring up to current safety standards, with a one-year guarantee on the work.

Wentzel Electrical Services. The small-job call in northern Berks.

Small jobs are the hardest ones to get somebody out for. This Fleetwood shop says no job is too small, and it guarantees the work. That's the reason to keep the number if you're in the northern half of the county.

More than twenty years in, they handle repairs, recessed lighting, remodels, panel upgrades and knob-and-tube removal.

More to look at.

Six more Berks shops worth a call, each with the one thing people mention.

Common questions.

How do you check out an electrician in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania doesn't license electricians at the state level, so there's no state license to check. What you can check is the state home improvement contractor number, which looks like PA followed by digits and belongs on the estimate. Look it up at hicsearch.attorneygeneral.gov or call 1-888-520-6680. Then read the insurance line in the contract and make sure it's there. Reading and Kutztown do issue their own electrician's licenses, so if the work is in either town, ask about that too.

What does an electrician charge around here?

That depends on the job, the hour and how far they're driving, and it's a big enough question that it has its own page: what electricians charge by the hour here. Whatever the job is, get the number in writing before anybody starts. Most of the shops above say they'll quote before they begin.

Is a breaker that keeps tripping an emergency?

Usually it's a call in the morning, not tonight. If the breaker holds after you unplug everything on that circuit and reset it, run less on that circuit and book a normal appointment. Mention the dead outlets too, so one visit covers both. If it trips again with nothing plugged in, or you smell burning, see scorch marks or sparks, or an outlet or the panel is hot or buzzing, stop resetting it and call now.

Do you need a permit for electrical work?

It depends on your township or borough, and Berks has a lot of both. The reliable move is to call your municipal office, describe the work in one sentence, and ask. It settles the question for good.

Should you get more than one quote?

Yes, two or three. You learn as much from how somebody talks about the job as from the number at the bottom, because the differences usually tell you what each electrician thinks the problem is. The guide to hiring home services in Berks County walks through what to ask, and the county electricians page is where the full list lives when you're ready to start calling.

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