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Home inspectors in Placer County, CA
The home inspectors in Placer County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 415 scored counties
#14 of 24 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $21,137 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 106
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 442,081
- +8.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $21,137 per household (27% above the U.S. average), households in Placer County spend about $3.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 6% 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.
There are 12 home inspectors on map listings in Placer County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Placer County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 7,180 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Placer County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Placer County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #100 of 415 scored counties and #14 of 24 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Placer County 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.
| Measure | Placer County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 106 | 168 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 7,180 | 13,535 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.9% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $21,137 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $115,998 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Placer 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 Placer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 442,081+8.9% since 2020
- Households
- 157,954
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 298
- Median household income
- $115,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $150,239
- Median home value
- $688,100
- Jobs located here
- 187,169
- Daytime population
- 424,461Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Joaquin County, CA | 83 | 9 | 0.4 | 198 | +5.5% | #4 of 415 |
| 2Santa Clara County, CA | 82 | 16 | 0.2 | 380 | −0.9% | #7 of 415 |
| 3San Francisco County, CA | 79 | 9 | 0.2 | 350 | −5.6% | #13 of 415 |
| 4Solano County, CA | 74 | 8 | 0.5 | 148 | +0.6% | #34 of 415 |
| 5Alameda County, CA | 73 | 23 | 0.4 | 221 | −2.6% | #40 of 415 |
| 6Fresno County, CA | 73 | 10 | 0.3 | 217 | +2.6% | #41 of 415 |
| 7Contra Costa County, CA | 72 | 10 | 0.2 | 348 | +0.3% | #45 of 415 |
| 8Monterey County, CA | 71 | 7 | 0.5 | 141 | −1.5% | #48 of 415 |
| 9Sacramento County, CA | 70 | 38 | 0.7 | 109 | +2.0% | #60 of 415 |
| 10Stanislaus County, CA | 69 | 6 | 0.3 | 204 | +0.7% | #61 of 415 |
| 14Placer County, CA | 63 | 12 | 0.8 | 106 | +8.9% | #100 of 415 |
Other business types in Placer 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 estate39
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management51
- Mortgage brokers and lenders37
- Home inspectors63
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Placer County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 home inspectors in Placer County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Placer County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.3B a year, or $21,137 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 6% 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 157,954 households in Placer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Placer County, CA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Placer County has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 106, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Placer County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,180 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Placer County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Placer County at 442,081 people in 2025, up 8.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 157,954 households. The median household income in Placer County is $115,998 a year, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Placer County scores 63 for home inspectors (upper middle), #100 of 415 scored counties.
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