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Home inspectors in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area

The home inspectors in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #152 of 243 scored metro areas
#2 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,908 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
71
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
231,174
+15.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area spend about $1.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,908 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 29% 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.

There are 7 home inspectors on map listings in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area in 2023. That is one for every 8,807 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is 44 (lower middle), #152 of 243 scored metro areas and #2 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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.

Home inspectors in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePanama City-Panama City Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.81.20.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7147100
Households per official establishment8,8078,05217,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.8%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,908$15,326$16,661
Median household income$71,514$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4429

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
231,174+15.7% since 2020
Households
88,065
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,343 sq. mi.
People per square mile
158
Median household income
$71,514
Average household income
$94,187
Median home value
$294,300
Jobs located here
85,476
Daytime population
211,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL4650.783+7.7%#146 of 243
2Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL4470.871+15.7%#152 of 243
3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL39301.053+19.8%#172 of 243
4Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL371111.155+10.3%#183 of 243
5Jacksonville, FL36811.249+10.7%#185 of 243
6Gainesville, FL35120.865+5.4%#187 of 243
7Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL34141.252+9.4%#193 of 243
8Naples-Marco Island, FL33332.032+10.6%#201 of 243
9Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL321641.248+7.3%#205 of 243
10Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL32341.345+9.1%#206 of 243

Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 home inspectors in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.3B a year, or $14,908 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 29% 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 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area 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 71, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,807 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% below 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 44 for home inspectors (lower middle), #152 of 243 scored metro areas.

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