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Home inspectors in the Mobile, AL metro area
How the Mobile, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #104 of 243 scored metro areas
#4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,936 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 123
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 411,658
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,936 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Mobile metro area spend about $2.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 23% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
The Mobile metro area has 7 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Mobile metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 26,944 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mobile metro area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Mobile metro area is 54 (upper middle), #104 of 243 scored metro areas and #4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Mobile metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Mobile metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 123 | 118 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 26,944 | 24,657 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.6% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,936 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $58,880 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $203K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Mobile metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Mobile metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 411,658−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 161,665
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 336
- Median household income
- $58,880
- Average household income
- $81,726
- Median home value
- $190,700
- Jobs located here
- 181,672
- Daytime population
- 421,837Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Mobile metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, AL | 69 | 10 | 0.5 | 126 | +12.5% | #29 of 243 |
| 2Montgomery, AL | 58 | 8 | 0.5 | 103 | +0.9% | #74 of 243 |
| 3Auburn-Opelika, AL | 55 | 5 | 0.7 | 83 | +7.1% | #95 of 243 |
| 4Mobile, AL | 54 | 7 | 0.4 | 123 | −0.7% | #104 of 243 |
| 5Birmingham, AL | 51 | 30 | 0.6 | 89 | +1.4% | #120 of 243 |
| 6Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 34 | 12 | 1.2 | 48 | +14.8% | #194 of 243 |
Other business types in the Mobile metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers31
- Property management47
- Mortgage brokers and lenders41
- Home inspectors54
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Mobile, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 home inspectors in the Mobile metro area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Mobile, AL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.3B a year, or $13,936 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 23% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money home inspectors take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,665 households in the Mobile metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mobile, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Mobile metro area has 0.4 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 123, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Mobile metro area would have about 9, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,944 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mobile, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Mobile metro area at 411,658 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,665 households. The median household income in the Mobile metro area is $58,880 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Mobile metro area scores 54 for home inspectors (upper middle), #104 of 243 scored metro areas.
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