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Home inspectors in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area
How the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #183 of 243 scored metro areas
#4 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 111
- 2 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 118
- +16.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $15.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,537 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 55
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,957,672
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area comes to about $15.9B a year: $15,537 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 45% 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area has 111 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area was 118 in 2023, up 16.8% from 2019. That is one for every 8,664 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $235K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #183 of 243 scored metro areas and #4 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area 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 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 55 | 47 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 8,664 | 8,052 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.8% | +25.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,537 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $78,533 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 118+16.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 476
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $235K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,957,672+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,022,315
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,494 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 800
- Median household income
- $78,533+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,415
- Median home value
- $369,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,482,556
- Daytime population
- 2,958,505Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 46 | 5 | 0.7 | 83 | +7.7% | #146 of 243 |
| 2Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 44 | 7 | 0.8 | 71 | +15.7% | #152 of 243 |
| 3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 39 | 30 | 1.0 | 53 | +19.8% | #172 of 243 |
| 4Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 37 | 111 | 1.1 | 55 | +10.3% | #183 of 243 |
| 5Jacksonville, FL | 36 | 81 | 1.2 | 49 | +10.7% | #185 of 243 |
| 6Gainesville, FL | 35 | 12 | 0.8 | 65 | +5.4% | #187 of 243 |
| 7Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 34 | 14 | 1.2 | 52 | +9.4% | #193 of 243 |
| 8Naples-Marco Island, FL | 33 | 33 | 2.0 | 32 | +10.6% | #201 of 243 |
| 9Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 32 | 164 | 1.2 | 48 | +7.3% | #205 of 243 |
| 10Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 32 | 34 | 1.3 | 45 | +9.1% | #206 of 243 |
Other business types in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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 estate32
- Real estate agents and brokers32
- Property management33
- Mortgage brokers and lenders35
- Home inspectors37
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 111 home inspectors in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, up 16.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $15.9B a year, or $15,537 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 111 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 45% 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 1,022,315 households in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area has 1.1 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 55, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area would have about 61, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,664 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area at 2,957,672 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,022,315 households. The median household income in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area is $78,533 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area scores 37 for home inspectors (lower middle), #183 of 243 scored metro areas.
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