Market rankings · Georgia
Home inspectors in Georgia
Markets across Georgia ranked by the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, with competitor counts and household spending for each.
- Listings
- 309
- 11 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 221
- −2.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 78
- 22% below the U.S.
- Rank among states
- #39 of 50
- Market score 38 · Lower middle
A site report maps the home inspectors on map listings around any address in Georgia by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 309 home inspectors in Georgia. 11 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Households in Georgia spend about $63.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,525 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 22% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 221 businesses with payroll in Georgia classed as building inspection services, down 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 18,436 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 6.5% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Georgia.
Among 50 states, Georgia ranks #39 for home inspectors, with a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle). Of the 8 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Athens-Clarke County metro area scores highest (59). Among 16 scored counties, Fulton County scores highest (62).
Every market in Georgia for home inspectors
Download the ranking (CSV)Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Georgia, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.
Metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens-Clarke County, GA | 59 | 5 | 0.6 | 96 | +3.9% | #69 of 243 |
| 2Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 55 | 18 | 0.8 | 72 | +4.7% | #98 of 243 |
| 3Savannah, GA | 51 | 14 | 0.9 | 67 | +8.1% | #123 of 243 |
| 4Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 50 | 200 | 0.9 | 73 | +5.9% | #127 of 243 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 43 | 28 | 1.2 | 47 | +5.3% | #162 of 243 |
| 5Gainesville, GA | 39 | 12 | 1.6 | 37 | +11.4% | #173 of 243 |
| 6Macon-Bibb County, GA | 37 | 8 | 0.9 | 59 | +2.1% | #182 of 243 |
| 7Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 33 | 5 | 1.1 | 53 | +4.4% | #198 of 243 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | Not scored | 4 | 0.3 | 169 | −1.3% | |
| Warner Robins, GA | Not scored | 4 | 0.5 | 108 | +8.2% | |
| Valdosta, GA | Not scored | 4 | 0.7 | 73 | +3.3% | |
| Albany, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.2 | 296 | −1.8% | |
| Dalton, GA | Not scored | 3 | 0.6 | 94 | +3.5% | |
| Rome, GA | Not scored | 4 | 1.1 | 50 | +2.8% | |
| Hinesville, GA | Not scored | 2 | 0.7 | 78 | +12.6% |
Small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaGrange, GA-AL | Not scored | 1 | 0.2 | 208 | +3.0% | |
| Statesboro, GA | Not scored | 4 | 1.1 | 46 | +8.0% | |
| Jefferson, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +29.3% | |
| Thomasville, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.3% | |
| Calhoun, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | 117 | +6.9% | |
| Dublin, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | 112 | +2.8% | |
| Kingsland, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +9.5% | |
| Waycross, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | 103 | +3.0% | |
| Douglas, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | 91 | +2.9% | |
| Tifton, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.7% | |
| Cornelia, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.6 | 92 | +9.3% | |
| Moultrie, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +3.3% | |
| Cedartown, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +6.0% | |
| Milledgeville, GA | Not scored | 2 | 1.2 | 42 | +0.6% | |
| Vidalia, GA | Not scored | 3 | 2.2 | 23 | +1.5% | |
| Americus, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.9% | |
| Jesup, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +7.8% | |
| Bainbridge, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | 0.0% | |
| Thomaston, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.9 | 55 | +2.7% | |
| Toccoa, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.0 | 53 | +3.8% | |
| Eufaula, AL-GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.2% | |
| Summerville, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.5% | |
| Cordele, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −4.1% | |
| Fitzgerald, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.4 | 33 | −0.4% |
Counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fulton County, GA | 62 | 31 | 0.7 | 98 | +2.7% | #109 of 415 |
| 2Cobb County, GA | 56 | 22 | 0.7 | 90 | +3.5% | #149 of 415 |
| 3Chatham County, GA | 53 | 10 | 0.8 | 69 | +5.7% | #179 of 415 |
| 4Paulding County, GA | 52 | 5 | 0.8 | 76 | +12.7% | #186 of 415 |
| 5DeKalb County, GA | 51 | 19 | 0.7 | 93 | +1.3% | #191 of 415 |
| 6Cherokee County, GA | 51 | 13 | 1.3 | 52 | +11.6% | #195 of 415 |
| 7Forsyth County, GA | 50 | 11 | 1.2 | 61 | +11.8% | #202 of 415 |
| 8Coweta County, GA | 49 | 8 | 1.4 | 45 | +9.2% | #210 of 415 |
| 9Henry County, GA | 47 | 13 | 1.5 | 40 | +9.5% | #226 of 415 |
| 10Gwinnett County, GA | 45 | 32 | 1.0 | 63 | +6.2% | #246 of 415 |
| 11Douglas County, GA | 45 | 6 | 1.2 | 51 | +6.6% | #251 of 415 |
| 12Hall County, GA | 41 | 12 | 1.6 | 37 | +11.4% | #285 of 415 |
| 13Columbia County, GA | 39 | 7 | 1.3 | 51 | +7.9% | #302 of 415 |
| 14Clayton County, GA | 31 | 7 | 0.7 | 79 | −0.6% | #351 of 415 |
| 15Glynn County, GA | 28 | 5 | 1.4 | 40 | +3.7% | #373 of 415 |
| 16Fayette County, GA | 27 | 12 | 2.7 | 25 | +4.7% | #382 of 415 |
| Richmond County, GA | Not scored | 4 | 0.5 | 99 | 0.0% | |
| Muscogee County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 0.4 | 143 | −2.3% | |
| Houston County, GA | Not scored | 4 | 0.6 | 93 | +8.5% | |
| Bibb County, GA | Not scored | 4 | 0.7 | 77 | +0.3% | |
| Clarke County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 0.6 | 94 | +1.0% | |
| Carroll County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.2 | 245 | +9.8% | |
| Lowndes County, GA | Not scored | 4 | 0.9 | 60 | +3.7% | |
| Newton County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 0.5 | 117 | +11.2% | |
| Bartow County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 0.5 | 120 | +10.5% |
Show all 159 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 0.8 | 67 | +3.3% | |
| Walton County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 0.6 | 106 | +16.0% | |
| Floyd County, GA | Not scored | 4 | 1.1 | 50 | +2.8% | |
| Rockdale County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 0.6 | 100 | +5.2% | |
| Barrow County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 1.0 | 59 | +18.7% | |
| Jackson County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +29.3% | |
| Dougherty County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −3.0% | |
| Bulloch County, GA | Not scored | 4 | 1.3 | 41 | +8.8% | |
| Troup County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | 142 | +5.0% | |
| Effingham County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | 148 | +14.1% | |
| Spalding County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 0.8 | 70 | +4.9% | |
| Walker County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | 139 | +3.7% | |
| Catoosa County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 1.1 | 51 | +2.3% | |
| Liberty County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 0.8 | 62 | +7.6% | |
| Gordon County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | 117 | +6.9% | |
| Camden County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +9.5% | |
| Laurens County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | 96 | +3.0% | |
| Bryan County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 1.8 | 36 | +15.6% | |
| Habersham County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.6 | 92 | +9.3% | |
| Colquitt County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +3.3% | |
| Thomas County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.3% | |
| Polk County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +6.0% | |
| Baldwin County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 1.2 | 42 | +0.6% | |
| Oconee County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 1.3 | 54 | +6.9% | |
| Coffee County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.7 | 76 | +3.2% | |
| Tift County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.1% | |
| Murray County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +4.0% | |
| Harris County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.8 | 84 | +6.8% | |
| Ware County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.8 | 61 | +1.9% | |
| Pickens County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.7 | 79 | +11.4% | |
| Lumpkin County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.9 | 67 | +7.5% | |
| Lee County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.9% | |
| Gilmer County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 2.3 | 24 | +7.9% | |
| Madison County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +8.8% | |
| Haralson County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.9 | 66 | +10.0% | |
| Wayne County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +7.8% | |
| Dawson County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 2.6 | 24 | +30.7% | |
| Monroe County, GA | Not scored | 2 | 1.9 | 32 | +14.1% | |
| Decatur County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | 0.0% | |
| Sumter County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.4% | |
| White County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +6.0% | |
| Jones County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.9 | 61 | +2.8% | |
| Peach County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +6.5% | |
| Upson County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.9 | 55 | +2.7% | |
| Toombs County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 2.9 | 17 | +1.7% | |
| Stephens County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.0 | 53 | +3.8% | |
| Hart County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +10.7% | |
| Butts County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +6.5% | |
| Union County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +12.3% | |
| Grady County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.4% | |
| Fannin County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.8 | 64 | +2.6% | |
| Chattooga County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.5% | |
| Burke County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.9% | |
| Franklin County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.1 | 46 | +10.5% | |
| Tattnall County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.2% | |
| Emanuel County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.2% | |
| Putnam County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +7.0% | |
| McDuffie County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | 42 | +0.1% | |
| Morgan County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +9.4% | |
| Mitchell County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −5.6% | |
| Meriwether County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +4.4% | |
| Worth County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.3 | 40 | −3.2% | |
| Pierce County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +5.1% | |
| Greene County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | 51 | +12.3% | |
| Pike County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.5 | 40 | +10.5% | |
| Elbert County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.1% | |
| Washington County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.5% | |
| Dodge County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.4% | |
| Crisp County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −4.1% | |
| Lamar County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +12.9% | |
| Banks County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.5 | 38 | +17.3% | |
| Appling County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +3.9% | |
| Long County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +32.6% | |
| Berrien County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +4.4% | |
| Brantley County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +4.9% | |
| Cook County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +5.8% | |
| Rabun County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +5.0% | |
| Ben Hill County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.4 | 33 | −0.4% | |
| Brooks County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.0% | |
| Dade County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.5% | |
| Jasper County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +20.2% | |
| Oglethorpe County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +10.4% | |
| Jefferson County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.7 | 29 | −4.2% | |
| Jeff Davis County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.8% | |
| Screven County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.4% | |
| Towns County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.7 | 31 | +5.8% | |
| Charlton County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +4.7% | |
| Bleckley County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.8% | |
| Crawford County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 2.3 | 24 | +0.9% | |
| Macon County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.2% | |
| Telfair County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −10.1% | |
| Heard County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +6.2% | |
| McIntosh County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +9.2% | |
| Bacon County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.4% | |
| Candler County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.2% | |
| Dooly County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.1% | |
| Evans County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.2% | |
| Early County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −3.1% | |
| Lanier County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +7.1% | |
| Pulaski County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +3.0% | |
| Wilkes County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.1% | |
| Irwin County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −6.5% | |
| Johnson County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.4% | |
| Seminole County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.4% | |
| Turner County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.1% | |
| Chattahoochee County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −10.6% | |
| Terrell County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −5.3% | |
| Wilcox County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.1% | |
| Wilkinson County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.1% | |
| Jenkins County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.1% | |
| Hancock County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.3% | |
| Montgomery County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.8% | |
| Atkinson County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.8% | |
| Lincoln County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +5.3% | |
| Twiggs County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −5.1% | |
| Taylor County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | 0.0% | |
| Marion County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.0% | |
| Wheeler County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.7% | |
| Clinch County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.8% | |
| Treutlen County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.1% | |
| Randolph County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −3.3% | |
| Miller County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −3.0% | |
| Talbot County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.3% | |
| Calhoun County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.8% | |
| Warren County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.2% | |
| Stewart County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −12.5% | |
| Schley County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.2% | |
| Echols County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.8% | |
| Glascock County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +8.4% | |
| Clay County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.5% | |
| Baker County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −4.3% | |
| Webster County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.7% | |
| Quitman County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.3% | |
| Taliaferro County, GA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +6.7% |
Markets with fewer than 5 home inspectors on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Georgia?
Georgia has 309 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 221 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, down 2.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Georgia spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $63.3B a year, or $15,525 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 309 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 22% 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 4,074,366 households in Georgia and national spending patterns by income.
How does Georgia compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Georgia 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 78, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Georgia would have about 241, against 309 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,436 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
Which market in Georgia has the highest market score for home inspectors?
Among 8 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Athens-Clarke County metro area scores highest, at 59 (upper middle). Among 16 scored counties in Georgia, Fulton County scores highest, at 62 (upper middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.
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. Georgia scores 38 for home inspectors (lower middle), #39 of 50 scored states.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Georgia. It maps the home inspectors on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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