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Home inspectors in Boulder County, CO
The home inspectors in Boulder County, CO, 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 #97 of 415 scored counties
#3 of 12 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $20,540 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 134
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,560
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 home inspectors in Boulder County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $20,540 per household (23% above the U.S. average), households in Boulder County spend about $2.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 34% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Boulder County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 15,223 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Boulder County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boulder County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Boulder County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #97 of 415 scored counties and #3 of 12 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Boulder County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Boulder County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 134 | 79 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 15,223 | 10,743 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $20,540 | $19,501 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $103,994 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Boulder 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 Boulder County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,560−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 137,008
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 453
- Median household income
- $103,994+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,846
- Median home value
- $756,300
- Jobs located here
- 190,563
- Daytime population
- 376,803Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denver County, CO | 71 | 26 | 0.8 | 97 | +3.2% | #53 of 415 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 68 | 9 | 0.6 | 139 | +10.9% | #71 of 415 |
| 3Boulder County, CO | 63 | 8 | 0.6 | 134 | −0.7% | #97 of 415 |
| 4Adams County, CO | 63 | 16 | 0.8 | 86 | +6.6% | #104 of 415 |
| 5Weld County, CO | 60 | 11 | 0.9 | 82 | +14.2% | #122 of 415 |
| 6Arapahoe County, CO | 54 | 24 | 0.9 | 82 | +2.8% | #169 of 415 |
| 7Larimer County, CO | 49 | 15 | 1.0 | 75 | +4.8% | #207 of 415 |
| 8Pueblo County, CO | 46 | 6 | 0.9 | 71 | +0.6% | #233 of 415 |
| 9Jefferson County, CO | 42 | 25 | 1.0 | 76 | −0.5% | #269 of 415 |
| 10El Paso County, CO | 38 | 45 | 1.6 | 47 | +3.2% | #310 of 415 |
Other business types in Boulder 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 estate28
- Real estate agents and brokers28
- Property management35
- Mortgage brokers and lenders31
- Home inspectors63
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Boulder County, CO?
There are 8 home inspectors on map listings in Boulder County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Boulder County, CO spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.8B a year, or $20,540 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 34% 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 137,008 households in Boulder County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boulder County, CO compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Boulder County has 0.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 134, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Boulder County would have about 11, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,223 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Boulder County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Boulder County at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. Median household income in Boulder County is $103,994, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Boulder County scores 63 for home inspectors (upper middle), #97 of 415 scored counties.
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