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Home inspectors in Sacramento County, CA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Sacramento County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #60 of 415 scored counties
#9 of 24 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 38
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- −26.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $10.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,030 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 109
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,618,460
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Sacramento County comes to about $10.9B a year: $19,030 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 9% 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.
Sacramento County has 38 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Sacramento County classed as building inspection services, down 26.7% from 2019. That is one for every 25,957 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Sacramento County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sacramento County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Sacramento County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #60 of 415 scored counties and #9 of 24 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Sacramento 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 | Sacramento County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 109 | 168 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 25,957 | 13,535 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −26.7% | +14.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,030 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $92,175 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 22−26.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 380 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,618,460+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 571,057
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 965 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,651
- Median household income
- $92,175+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,155
- Median home value
- $534,200
- Jobs located here
- 724,651
- Daytime population
- 1,607,887Residents 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 |
Other business types in Sacramento 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 estate42
- Real estate agents and brokers47
- Property management47
- Mortgage brokers and lenders39
- Home inspectors70
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Sacramento County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 home inspectors in Sacramento County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, down 26.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Sacramento County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $10.9B a year, or $19,030 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 38 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 9% 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 571,057 households in Sacramento County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sacramento County, CA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Sacramento County has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 109, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Sacramento County would have about 41, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,957 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 26.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Sacramento County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Sacramento County at 1,618,460 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 571,057 households. The median household income in Sacramento County is $92,175 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.3% 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. Sacramento County scores 70 for home inspectors (upper middle), #60 of 415 scored counties.
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