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Home inspectors in Pulaski County, AR
How Pulaski County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #175 of 415 scored counties
#2 of 7 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,478 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 136
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 404,611
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 home inspectors in Pulaski County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.4 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $14,478 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Pulaski County spend about $2.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 36% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Pulaski County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 15,674 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Pulaski County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pulaski County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #175 of 415 scored counties and #2 of 7 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Pulaski County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Pulaski County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 136 | 88 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 15,674 | 26,217 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,478 | $14,055 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $62,873 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Pulaski County, 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 Pulaski County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 404,611+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 172,409
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 527
- Median household income
- $62,873+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,992
- Median home value
- $214,700
- Jobs located here
- 267,329
- Daytime population
- 495,823Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Pulaski County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 57 | 16 | 1.4 | 45 | +16.0% | #144 of 415 |
| 2Pulaski County, AR | 53 | 7 | 0.4 | 136 | +1.3% | #175 of 415 |
| 3Washington County, AR | 41 | 10 | 1.0 | 55 | +9.9% | #279 of 415 |
| 4Saline County, AR | 32 | 7 | 1.4 | 41 | +7.6% | #350 of 415 |
| 5Craighead County, AR | 31 | 6 | 1.4 | 40 | +4.8% | #360 of 415 |
| 6Baxter County, AR | 14 | 5 | 2.6 | 19 | +3.1% | #405 of 415 |
| 7Garland County, AR | 8 | 7 | 1.6 | 32 | −0.6% | #414 of 415 |
Other business types in Pulaski County
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 estate30
- Real estate agents and brokers32
- Property management38
- Mortgage brokers and lenders37
- Home inspectors53
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Pulaski County, AR?
There are 7 home inspectors on map listings in Pulaski County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Pulaski County, AR spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.5B a year, or $14,478 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 36% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 172,409 households in Pulaski County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pulaski County, AR compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Pulaski County 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 136, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Pulaski County would have about 10, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,674 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Pulaski County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Pulaski County at 404,611 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 172,409 households. Median household income in Pulaski County is $62,873, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, before inflation.
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. Pulaski County scores 53 for home inspectors (upper middle), #175 of 415 scored counties.
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