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Home inspectors in the Napa, CA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in the Napa, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #170 of 243 scored metro areas
#17 of 17 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1B
On rent and homeowner costs · $20,986 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
80
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
67% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
132,949
−3.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $20,986 per household (26% above the U.S. average), households in the Napa metro area spend about $1B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 20% below 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 Napa metro area has 5 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Napa metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 8,294 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Napa metro area declined 3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home inspectors, the Napa metro area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #170 of 243 scored metro areas and #17 of 17 scored metro areas based in California.

How the Napa metro area compares

The same measures for California 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.

Home inspectors in Napa, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureNapa metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.00.50.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)80168100
Households per official establishment8,29413,53517,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.5%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.3%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$20,986$19,977$16,661
Median household income$111,471$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score3955

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$729K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Napa 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 Napa metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
132,949−3.3% since 2020
Households
49,763
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
752 sq. mi.
People per square mile
179
Median household income
$111,471+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$161,760
Median home value
$869,500
Jobs located here
76,014
Daytime population
143,128Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for home inspectors, numbered among those based in California, with the Napa metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA8590.4198+5.5%#1 of 243
2San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA81160.2391−0.6%#4 of 243
3San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA75480.3313−2.4%#15 of 243
4Vallejo, CA7580.5148+0.6%#17 of 243
5Salinas, CA7370.5141−1.5%#21 of 243
6Fresno, CA71110.3225+3.2%#24 of 243
7Modesto, CA7060.3204+0.7%#27 of 243
8San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA6850.51630.0%#31 of 243
9Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA66600.7110+3.2%#40 of 243
10Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA64100.7113−1.4%#48 of 243
17Napa, CA3951.080−3.3%#170 of 243

Other business types in the Napa metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Napa, CA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in the Napa metro area. One of them (20%) 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 Napa, CA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1B a year, or $20,986 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 20% below 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 49,763 households in the Napa metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Napa, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Napa metro area has 1.0 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 80, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Napa metro area would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,294 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Napa, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Napa metro area at 132,949 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,763 households. The median household income in the Napa metro area is $111,471 a year, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Napa metro area scores 39 for home inspectors (lower middle), #170 of 243 scored metro areas.

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