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Home inspectors in Alachua County, FL
How Alachua County, FL 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #342 of 415 scored counties
#14 of 36 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.7B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,508 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 59
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 290,028
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
For home inspectors, Alachua County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #342 of 415 scored counties and #14 of 36 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 home inspectors in Alachua County. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $14,508 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Alachua County spend about $1.7B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 41% 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.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Alachua County in 2023. That is one for every 9,732 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Population estimates show Alachua County grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Alachua County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Alachua County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 59 | 47 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 9,732 | 8,052 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,508 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,949 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $515K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Alachua 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 Alachua County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 290,028+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 116,786
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 326
- Median household income
- $61,949+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,386
- Median home value
- $288,800
- Jobs located here
- 139,721
- Daytime population
- 316,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clay County, FL | 51 | 5 | 0.6 | 101 | +9.4% | #190 of 415 |
| 2Indian River County, FL | 46 | 5 | 0.7 | 83 | +7.7% | #228 of 415 |
| 3Bay County, FL | 45 | 6 | 0.8 | 75 | +17.2% | #242 of 415 |
| 4Orange County, FL | 44 | 52 | 1.0 | 61 | +6.7% | #256 of 415 |
| 5Polk County, FL | 43 | 30 | 1.0 | 53 | +19.8% | #266 of 415 |
| 6Lake County, FL | 41 | 13 | 0.8 | 72 | +18.1% | #274 of 415 |
| 7Hillsborough County, FL | 40 | 55 | 0.9 | 64 | +7.4% | #288 of 415 |
| 8Duval County, FL | 37 | 48 | 1.2 | 49 | +6.5% | #317 of 415 |
| 9Pasco County, FL | 36 | 30 | 1.3 | 45 | +19.1% | #322 of 415 |
| 10St. Johns County, FL | 35 | 25 | 2.2 | 32 | +25.0% | #325 of 415 |
| 14Alachua County, FL | 32 | 11 | 0.9 | 59 | +3.7% | #342 of 415 |
Other business types in Alachua 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 estate34
- Real estate agents and brokers36
- Property management36
- Mortgage brokers and lenders52
- Home inspectors32
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Alachua County, FL?
Alachua County has 11 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Alachua County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.7B a year, or $14,508 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 11 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 41% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 116,786 households in Alachua County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alachua County, FL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Alachua County has 0.9 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 59, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Alachua County would have about 7, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,732 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Alachua County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Alachua County at 290,028 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,786 households. Median household income in Alachua County is $61,949, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Alachua County scores 32 for home inspectors (lower middle), #342 of 415 scored counties.
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