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Home inspectors in the Springfield, IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in the Springfield, IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #203 of 243 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,122 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 69
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 206,033
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Springfield metro area scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #203 of 243 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 home inspectors in the Springfield metro area. None of them 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.
At $14,122 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Springfield metro area spend about $1.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 31% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Springfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 17,998 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Springfield metro area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Springfield metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Springfield metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 69 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 17,998 | 21,523 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,122 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $75,895 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $408K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- 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 Springfield 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 Springfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 206,033−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 89,990
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,183 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $75,895+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,041
- Median home value
- $177,300
- Jobs located here
- 129,873
- Daytime population
- 241,281Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Springfield metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 61 | 5 | 0.3 | 171 | −0.9% | #59 of 243 |
| 1Rockford, IL | 52 | 7 | 0.5 | 100 | −0.3% | #114 of 243 |
| 2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 50 | 237 | 0.7 | 90 | 0.0% | #126 of 243 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 46 | 69 | 0.6 | 94 | −0.2% | #145 of 243 |
| 3Bloomington, IL | 45 | 5 | 0.7 | 77 | +0.1% | #150 of 243 |
| 4Champaign-Urbana, IL | 43 | 6 | 0.6 | 84 | +1.5% | #158 of 243 |
| 5Peoria, IL | 41 | 12 | 0.8 | 68 | −1.3% | #166 of 243 |
| 6Springfield, IL | 32 | 7 | 0.8 | 69 | −1.2% | #203 of 243 |
| 7Kankakee, IL | 10 | 5 | 1.2 | 43 | −1.7% | #239 of 243 |
| 8Decatur, IL | 1 | 7 | 1.6 | 31 | −4.3% | #243 of 243 |
Other business types in the Springfield 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 estate51
- Real estate agents and brokers49
- Property management49
- Mortgage brokers and lenders66
- Home inspectors32
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Springfield, IL metro area?
There are 7 home inspectors on map listings in the Springfield metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Springfield, IL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.3B a year, or $14,122 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 31% 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 89,990 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Springfield, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Springfield 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 69, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,998 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Springfield, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 206,033 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 89,990 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $75,895, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.4%, 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 Springfield metro area scores 32 for home inspectors (lower middle), #203 of 243 scored metro areas.
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