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Home inspectors in Sedgwick County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Sedgwick County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #192 of 415 scored counties
#1 of 3 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,652 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 90
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 538,433
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Sedgwick County comes to about $2.8B a year: $13,652 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 10% 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 12 home inspectors on map listings in Sedgwick County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Sedgwick County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 20,677 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Sedgwick County.
Population estimates show Sedgwick County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Sedgwick County is 51 (upper middle), #192 of 415 scored counties and #1 of 3 scored counties in Kansas.
How Sedgwick County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Sedgwick County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 90 | 91 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 20,677 | 22,578 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.1% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,652 | $14,105 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $69,365 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 192
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 538,433+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 206,768
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 997 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 530
- Median household income
- $69,365+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,235
- Median home value
- $203,300
- Jobs located here
- 261,004
- Daytime population
- 549,658Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Sedgwick County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sedgwick County, KS | 51 | 12 | 0.6 | 90 | +2.6% | #192 of 415 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 44 | 25 | 1.0 | 63 | +4.2% | #255 of 415 |
| 3Douglas County, KS | 33 | 5 | 1.0 | 54 | +1.8% | #336 of 415 |
Other business types in Sedgwick 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 estate29
- Real estate agents and brokers31
- Property management30
- Mortgage brokers and lenders37
- Home inspectors51
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Sedgwick County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 home inspectors in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County, KS spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.8B a year, or $13,652 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 10% 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 206,768 households in Sedgwick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sedgwick County, KS compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Sedgwick County has 0.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 90, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Sedgwick County would have about 11, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,677 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Sedgwick County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Sedgwick County at 538,433 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,768 households. The median household income in Sedgwick County is $69,365 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Sedgwick County scores 51 for home inspectors (upper middle), #192 of 415 scored counties.
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