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Home inspectors in Paulding County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Paulding County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #186 of 415 scored counties
#4 of 16 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $994.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,576 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 76
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 190,996
- +12.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Paulding County spend about $994.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $16,576 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 24% 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.
Paulding County has 5 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.8 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Paulding County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 10,001 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $95K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Paulding County.
Population estimates put the population change in Paulding County from 2020 to 2025 at +12.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Paulding County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #186 of 415 scored counties and #4 of 16 scored counties in Georgia.
How Paulding County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Paulding County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 76 | 78 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 10,001 | 18,436 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.2% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,576 | $15,525 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $98,031 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $219K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $95K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Paulding 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 Paulding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 190,996+12.7% since 2020
- Households
- 60,008
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 573
- Median household income
- $98,031+43.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,444
- Median home value
- $326,300
- Jobs located here
- 29,361
- Daytime population
- 119,651Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| 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 |
Other business types in Paulding 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 estate70
- Real estate agents and brokers73
- Property management72
- Mortgage brokers and lenders90
- Home inspectors52
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Paulding County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in Paulding County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Paulding County, GA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $994.7M a year, or $16,576 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 24% 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 60,008 households in Paulding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Paulding County, GA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Paulding 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 76, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Paulding County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,001 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Paulding County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Paulding County at 190,996 people in 2025, up 12.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,008 households. The median household income in Paulding County is $98,031 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.4% 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. Paulding County scores 52 for home inspectors (upper middle), #186 of 415 scored counties.
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