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Home inspectors in the Boulder, CO metro area
How the Boulder, CO metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #62 of 243 scored metro areas
#1 of 7 scored metro areas based 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
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Boulder metro area comes to about $2.8B a year: $20,540 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. 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.
There are 8 home inspectors on map listings in the Boulder metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Boulder metro area was 9 in 2023. 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 the Boulder metro area.
Population estimates show the Boulder metro area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Boulder metro area is 61 (upper middle), #62 of 243 scored metro areas and #1 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado.
How the Boulder metro area 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 metro area | 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 | 61 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Boulder 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 Boulder metro area
- 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 metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boulder, CO | 61 | 8 | 0.6 | 134 | −0.7% | #62 of 243 |
| 2Greeley, CO | 58 | 11 | 0.9 | 82 | +14.2% | #76 of 243 |
| 3Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 57 | 105 | 0.9 | 90 | +4.1% | #79 of 243 |
| 4Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 48 | 15 | 1.0 | 75 | +4.8% | #139 of 243 |
| 5Pueblo, CO | 43 | 6 | 0.9 | 71 | +0.6% | #159 of 243 |
| 6Colorado Springs, CO | 34 | 47 | 1.6 | 46 | +3.1% | #195 of 243 |
| 7Grand Junction, CO | 33 | 9 | 1.4 | 48 | +4.4% | #199 of 243 |
Other business types in the Boulder metro area
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 estate27
- Real estate agents and brokers27
- Property management32
- Mortgage brokers and lenders27
- Home inspectors61
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Boulder, CO metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 home inspectors in the Boulder metro area. 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 the Boulder, CO metro area 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. 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 137,008 households in the Boulder metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Boulder, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Boulder metro area 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 U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Boulder metro area 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 the Boulder, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Boulder metro area at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. The median household income in the Boulder metro area is $103,994 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. The Boulder metro area scores 61 for home inspectors (upper middle), #62 of 243 scored metro areas.
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