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Home inspectors in Marion County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Marion County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #93 of 415 scored counties
#1 of 9 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,492 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 187
- 87% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 992,196
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,492 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Marion County spend about $5.4B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 87% above 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 11 home inspectors on map listings in Marion County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.3, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Marion County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 40,043 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Marion County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Marion County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #93 of 415 scored counties and #1 of 9 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Marion County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Marion County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 187 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 40,043 | 23,017 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,492 | $13,818 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,346 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 992,196+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 400,432
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,464
- Median household income
- $66,346+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,680
- Median home value
- $224,000
- Jobs located here
- 662,636
- Daytime population
- 1,168,106Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marion County, IN | 64 | 11 | 0.3 | 187 | +1.6% | #93 of 415 |
| 2Lake County, IN | 54 | 11 | 0.6 | 93 | +1.1% | #168 of 415 |
| 3Hamilton County, IN | 52 | 12 | 0.9 | 76 | +10.9% | #185 of 415 |
| 4Allen County, IN | 46 | 13 | 0.8 | 63 | +4.2% | #235 of 415 |
| 5Porter County, IN | 45 | 5 | 0.7 | 77 | +1.6% | #241 of 415 |
| 6Vanderburgh County, IN | 36 | 6 | 0.8 | 65 | +0.9% | #319 of 415 |
| 7Monroe County, IN | 32 | 6 | 1.0 | 51 | +1.9% | #344 of 415 |
| 8Tippecanoe County, IN | 26 | 7 | 0.9 | 54 | +2.2% | #384 of 415 |
| 9St. Joseph County, IN | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | 50 | +0.1% | #403 of 415 |
Other business types in Marion 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 estate26
- Real estate agents and brokers27
- Property management23
- Mortgage brokers and lenders48
- Home inspectors64
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Marion County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 home inspectors in Marion County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Marion County, IN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $5.4B a year, or $13,492 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 11 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 87% above 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 400,432 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, IN compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Marion County has 0.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 187, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Marion County would have about 21, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 40,043 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 992,196 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 400,432 households. The median household income in Marion County is $66,346 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.3% 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. Marion County scores 64 for home inspectors (upper middle), #93 of 415 scored counties.
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