Barr Electric

Company Facts

Barr Electric at a Glance

By the numbers

Google rating

4.9out of 5

Customer reviews

66on Google

Rating and review count pulled from Google on September 30, 2026.

What We Like

• 4.9 rating from 66 reviews on its Google Business Profile, read September 28, 2026
• Phone line listed as open 24 hours daily, with emergency service advertised
• Service list matches the needs of Buffalo's pre-1930s housing: rewires, panel upgrades, safety inspections
• Explicitly takes small jobs as well as whole-house work
• Team page lists more than a dozen electricians and staff, suggesting real scheduling capacity
• Reviews cite repeat visits and coordination directly with rental tenants

Things to Consider

• Google lists a Buffalo address while the website describes the business as based in Depew, so confirm which location is dispatching
• Published hours conflict: 24 hours on Google, 8am to 4pm office hours on the site
• No commercial or industrial project scope described, so large fit-outs need a direct conversation
• No pricing, licence details or warranty terms published, so ask for these in writing

Google rating

4.9

Based on 66 Google reviews

Review data updated September 30, 2026

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Rating Distribution

• 5 stars97%
• 1 star3%

Electrical work in Buffalo is shaped by the city's housing. Whole neighbourhoods went up between the 1890s and the 1920s, which means plaster and lath, balloon framing, cloth-wrapped conductors in the basement joists, and the occasional surviving knob-and-tube run above a bedroom ceiling. Panels tell the same story. A 60-amp fuse box was generous when the house had four ceiling fixtures and a radio, and it is thoroughly outmatched by a modern kitchen, a window unit or two, a hot tub and an EV in the driveway. Much of what a Buffalo electrician does day to day traces back to that gap between what the wiring was built for and what the household now plugs in.

That is the middle of barr electric's stated range. The company lists full rewires, breaker panel installation and upgrades, electrical safety inspections, troubleshooting, recessed lighting and exterior lighting as its most common jobs, while making the point that smaller calls are welcome too. The tone of the site is deliberately broad, big or small, and the reviews quoted on it back that up: one customer describes a panel replacement in a parents' basement that turned into swapping switches and receptacles throughout the house, another mentions a barn rewire and new wiring in a travel trailer. That mix, one substantial job plus a run of small ones while the van is there, is typical of how good residential electrical firms in Western New York actually operate.

Who it suits. Homeowners in South Buffalo, the Elmwood Village, Kaisertown, Riverside and the first-ring suburbs who have an old panel, dead outlets, or an inspection requirement from an insurer or a buyer. Landlords, in particular. One review on the company's own site describes an owner of rental properties whose electrician arranged appointments directly with tenants, which is the sort of legwork that saves a small landlord a day of phone calls. Anyone who needs after-hours attention has a reasonable case here as well, given the 24 hour listing and the advertised emergency service. Larger commercial fit-outs, industrial controls and new multi-unit construction are not described on the site, so if that is your project, ask directly rather than assuming.

There are a couple of things worth understanding before you call. The Google profile puts the address at 1509 Clinton St in Buffalo, while the website's own page title describes the business as based in Depew and serving Western New York generally. Either is a short run to most of Erie County, but confirm which location you are dealing with if you want someone on site quickly. The hours are also presented two ways: the Google listing shows open 24 hours daily, the website footer gives office hours of Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm. The likely reading is a staffed office during the day and a phone answered outside it, though the profile does not spell that out.

Questions to put to any Buffalo electrician, including this one. Will the work be permitted and inspected through the City of Buffalo's permit office, or the relevant town if you are outside the line, and is the permit fee inside the quote. Who coordinates with National Grid if the meter or service drop has to come off for a panel or service upgrade, and how long will power be out. On a rewire, how much plaster will be opened, who patches it, and is the old two-wire circuit being properly grounded rather than just fitted with three-prong receptacles. For exterior lighting and outdoor receptacles, ask about GFCI and weather-rated covers, because winter here is hard on anything mounted outside. And always get the callout rate and the after-hours rate in writing before an emergency visit rather than during one.

Compared with the alternatives, barr electric sits between the single-owner electricians who are excellent but booked out for weeks, and the larger regional home-service companies that arrive with a tablet and a menu of price tiers. The team page lists a dozen-plus electricians alongside an owner and a vice president, which suggests real scheduling capacity, while the review pattern reads like a local firm people call back rather than a call-centre operation. A 4.9 average across 66 reviews on the Google Business Profile as of September 28, 2026 is a strong, consistent score for a residential electrical outfit of that size. Not a huge sample, but the substance of the reviews, punctuality, questions answered plainly, willingness to take undersized jobs, matters more than the count.

About This Business Profile

Last reviewed

September 2026

Profile last updated

September 30, 2026

Google review data updated

September 30, 2026

Sources checked

Google Business Profile, Company website

Sponsorship status

No commercial relationship