History

Two brothers, Frank and John Block founded Block Electric Company in 1920. The company was started as an electrical contracting company serving Northern Illinois. Our small family business grew steadily though its first three decades and was incorporated in 1948.

Today, we continue to be owned and operated by the Block family. The company has two offices, one in Shorewood to service the Joliet area and the main office in Niles. In 2010, we will celebrate our 90th year in business and we are proud to say that we have grown to 225 employees with over 175 professional electricians. Because of our size and our distinguished customer base, the company has been recognized as one of the largest electrical contractors in the Chicagoland area and is, in fact, in the top ten percent in the country.

Initially, we specialized in commercial and institutional (hospital) projects in the Chicago area. In recent years we have recognized a large part of our dramatic growth was from industrial accounts. We made a strategic decision to pursue this rapidly growing industrial market while still maintaining our valued commercial and institutional clients.