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Kenneth H. Keyes is a one-man electrical contractor working out of 16 Railroad Ave and trading as Keyes Electric. BuildZoom's profile puts 75 permitted projects on his record, 13 of them in the last three years, at a typical permit value around $3,000 and concentrated in Rowley, Byfield, Danvers and Beverly - small residential electrical work, close to home, over a long stretch of time. The permit trail is the clearest thing about him. It says he has been pulling his own permits on small jobs for years rather than running crews on large ones, which is the shape of a sole-proprietor electrician who works for homeowners directly. BuildZoom scores him 101, which it places in the top 12 percent of Massachusetts contractors, and lists a Massachusetts electrician licence number 20888 that it says it verified as active in April 2026. Customer feedback is scarce. The one piece of word of mouth on file is from a New Hampshire homeowner who, in a late-2025 thread asking for an electrician in southern New Hampshire, wrote that Ken at Keyes Electric had helped them out in a jam the year before and was honest and willing to figure out cost-efficient solutions. It is a short account, but it is a first-hand one, and it is what a small local electrician's reputation usually rests on. He is a reasonable call for small residential electrical work on the Massachusetts side of the border and into southern New Hampshire. Ask him to confirm his current licence number and insurance before work starts, and expect a schedule that reflects a single electrician rather than a company with several trucks.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Kenneth H. Keyes. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Standard receptacle swaps — a new dedicated circuit is a bigger job ($350–$750).
Flush mounts, pendants, chandeliers — hung on existing boxes.
Estimated range
$530 – $1,100
Typical electrical project around $820
“Ken at Keyes Electric helped me out in a jam last year. honest and willing to figure out cost-efficient solutions.”
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