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Home inspectors in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area
The home inspectors in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #195 of 243 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 47
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- −15.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.7B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,927 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 46
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 781,796
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Colorado Springs metro area is 34 (lower middle), #195 of 243 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $18,927 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Colorado Springs metro area spend about $5.7B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 54% 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 Colorado Springs metro area has 47 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 28 businesses with payroll in the Colorado Springs metro area classed as building inspection services, down 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 10,788 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Colorado Springs metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Colorado Springs metro area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Colorado Springs 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 | Colorado Springs metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 46 | 79 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 10,788 | 10,743 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.6% | +4.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,927 | $19,501 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $90,144 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28−15.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 471 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Colorado Springs 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 Colorado Springs metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 781,796+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 302,050
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,684 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $90,144+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,390
- Median home value
- $461,800
- Jobs located here
- 292,224
- Daytime population
- 748,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Colorado for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Colorado Springs metro area marked.
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 Colorado Springs 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 estate34
- Real estate agents and brokers34
- Property management45
- Mortgage brokers and lenders33
- Home inspectors34
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 home inspectors in the Colorado Springs metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, down 15.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $5.7B a year, or $18,927 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 47 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 54% 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 302,050 households in the Colorado Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Colorado Springs, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Colorado Springs metro area has 1.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 46, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Colorado Springs metro area would have about 22, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,788 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Colorado Springs, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Colorado Springs metro area at 781,796 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 302,050 households. The median household income in the Colorado Springs metro area is $90,144 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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 Colorado Springs metro area scores 34 for home inspectors (lower middle), #195 of 243 scored metro areas.
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