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Home inspectors in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT
How the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #8 of 415 scored counties
#1 of 7 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,702 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 180
- 80% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 337,697
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Greater Bridgeport Planning Region scores 82 (high) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #8 of 415 scored counties and #1 of 7 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home inspectors.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Households in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region spend about $2.4B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $19,702 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 80% 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region in 2023. That is one for every 23,927 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 180 | 126 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 23,927 | 23,900 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.2% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,702 | $19,819 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $89,667 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 337,697+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 119,633
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 140 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,349
- Median household income
- $89,667
- Average household income
- $139,143
- Median home value
- $428,800
- Jobs located here
- 117,586
- Daytime population
- 303,573Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Connecticut market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region marked.
Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 82 | 5 | 0.4 | 180 | +4.1% | #8 of 415 |
| 2Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 82 | 16 | 0.7 | 126 | +3.5% | #9 of 415 |
| 3Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 77 | 10 | 0.6 | 129 | +3.2% | #22 of 415 |
| 4Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 76 | 5 | 0.4 | 164 | +2.0% | #23 of 415 |
| 5Capitol Planning Region, CT | 75 | 19 | 0.5 | 153 | +3.1% | #29 of 415 |
| 6South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 66 | 20 | 0.9 | 84 | +2.5% | #83 of 415 |
| 7Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 48 | 9 | 1.2 | 64 | +2.3% | #212 of 415 |
Other business types in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
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 estate56
- Real estate agents and brokers64
- Property management66
- Mortgage brokers and lenders56
- Home inspectors82
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT?
There are 5 home inspectors on map listings in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.4B a year, or $19,702 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 80% 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 119,633 households in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has 0.4 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 180, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region would have about 9, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,927 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region at 337,697 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 119,633 households. Median household income in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is $89,667, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region scores 82 for home inspectors (high), #8 of 415 scored counties.
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