Click below to read more on how “Joe” Dickey Electric has grown throughout its 60-plus year history to become one of the Mahoning Valley’s premier electrical contractors.
Part 1: The Banker Who First Believed in Joe
Part 2: Building a Business the Joe Dickey Way
Part 3: Joe’s Impact in the Community is His Legacy
Our History
“Joe” Dickey Electric is the Mahoning Valley’s foremost electrical contractor and energy solutions provider.
From replacing light bulbs in your home to building a substation for your company’s power plant and everything in between, we’ve built a reputation of being the company that can tackle any job with the highest level of quality and precision.
Since 1957, we’ve continued to challenge ourselves and refine our skill by keeping current with groundbreaking technology and training; a standard that CEO, Joe Dickey Jr. put into practice from the start.
“Dickey Electric consistently strives to improve our services to be the area’s most trusted and cost-effective electrical contractor,” Joe says. “We take pride in the fact that we are ‘Everything Electrical.’”
In addition to our growing local customer base, our wiremen have traveled to clients as far as Puerto Rico and South Korea.
We work closely with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and enjoy a steady stream of talented electricians that come from the Joint Apprenticeship Training Program we helped establish with the union. Our work with the IBEW also allows us to offer lower service rates to our residential customers and helped create many new aspects of the business.
A brief timeline of the company:
1957: “Joe” Dickey Electric opens for business.
1960: Company establishes its first 1,200-square-foot showroom on Woodworth-Springfield Road.
1962: Dickey adds 4,800 square feet of space to its showroom.
1969: Dickey moves from its Woodworth-Springfield showroom to the three-acre site of the former North Lima Lumber at 180 W. South Range Road.
1980: Built additional 3,000-square-foot building on the site and increases staff to 30 electricians, two superintendents and additional office staff.
1993: Joe Dickey’s son, David, takes over as president and chief operating officer. Joe remains CEO.
Today, the company employs up to 250 electricians, has an office staff of 20 professionals and maintains a fleet of more than 50 specialized vehicles. It recently completed a full renovation of its office and warehouse in North Lima, Ohio.