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Home inspectors in Lake County, FL
The home inspectors in Lake County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #274 of 415 scored counties
#6 of 36 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,929 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 72
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 456,068
- +18.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 home inspectors in Lake County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Lake County comes to about $2.5B a year: $14,929 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 28% 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 30 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Lake County in 2023. That is one for every 5,483 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $135K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Lake County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County grew 18.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Lake County is 41 (lower middle), #274 of 415 scored counties and #6 of 36 scored counties in Florida.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 72 | 47 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 5,483 | 8,052 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +18.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,929 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $73,161 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 30
- Employees, 2023
- 105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $135K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 456,068+18.1% since 2020
- Households
- 164,497
- Median age
- 47.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 954 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 433
- Median household income
- $73,161+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,160
- Median home value
- $318,400
- Jobs located here
- 120,029
- Daytime population
- 357,515Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Florida, with Lake County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Lake 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 estate42
- Real estate agents and brokers41
- Property management59
- Mortgage brokers and lenders71
- Home inspectors41
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Lake County, FL?
There are 13 home inspectors on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Lake County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.5B a year, or $14,929 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 13 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 28% 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 164,497 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, FL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Lake County has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 72, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Lake County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,483 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 456,068 people in 2025, up 18.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 164,497 households. Median household income in Lake County is $73,161, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. Lake County scores 41 for home inspectors (lower middle), #274 of 415 scored counties.
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