McDonald Electrical Corporation

McDonald Electrical Corporation is a Hingham firm built for big jobs — the kind of electrical work that comes with a general contractor and a construction schedule, not a leaky outlet. Company materials put it at nearly 500 employees, and a Procore listing puts its average contract size above $10 million, a different weight class than a typical residential electrician. The company says President Michael McDonald and Executive Vice President Thomas Cooney started the business in 1999, and in 2025 it grew further by acquiring ANJ Electric, which now runs as its Rhode Island division. The Boston Chapter of NECA profiled it around its 26th anniversary, calling it one of the more in-demand electrical contractors in the region — a trade-association write-up worth reading as such, not as an independent review. What's thin here is anything from an actual homeowner. Google shows a 3.7-star average from just 9 ratings, and the one written review on file describes a company vehicle cutting someone off in traffic — a complaint about driving, not about electrical work. It isn't BBB accredited, and BBB hasn't issued it a rating either way for lack of information. Before calling: this reads as a commercial and institutional shop — offices, healthcare, education — rather than a small home-service outfit, so it's worth asking upfront whether a residential job is even a fit for their crew size and pricing. Confirm scope and scheduling directly, since there isn't a stack of homeowner reviews here to lean on.