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Home inspectors in Orleans Parish, LA
The home inspectors in Orleans Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #262 of 415 scored counties
#4 of 8 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,218 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 94
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 362,154
- −5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home inspectors in Orleans Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Orleans Parish comes to about $2.2B a year: $14,218 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 6% 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 8 businesses with payroll in Orleans Parish classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 19,478 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $115K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Orleans Parish.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orleans Parish declined 5.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Orleans Parish is 43 (lower middle), #262 of 415 scored counties and #4 of 8 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Orleans Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Orleans Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 94 | 104 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 19,478 | 22,845 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,218 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $56,631 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $115K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Orleans Parish, 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 Orleans Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 362,154−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 155,821
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 170 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,193
- Median household income
- $56,631+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,726
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 192,799
- Daytime population
- 412,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Tammany Parish, LA | 54 | 8 | 0.8 | 79 | +5.3% | #170 of 415 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 45 | 6 | 1.1 | 51 | +8.5% | #252 of 415 |
| 3Jefferson Parish, LA | 43 | 10 | 0.6 | 98 | −1.9% | #261 of 415 |
| 4Orleans Parish, LA | 43 | 9 | 0.6 | 94 | −5.5% | #262 of 415 |
| 5East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 39 | 13 | 0.7 | 76 | +0.1% | #297 of 415 |
| 6Calcasieu Parish, LA | 36 | 5 | 0.6 | 87 | −3.7% | #318 of 415 |
| 7Lafayette Parish, LA | 36 | 17 | 1.7 | 33 | +6.5% | #323 of 415 |
| 8Terrebonne Parish, LA | 11 | 5 | 1.2 | 45 | −4.8% | #411 of 415 |
Other business types in Orleans Parish
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 estate19
- Real estate agents and brokers21
- Property management19
- Mortgage brokers and lenders44
- Home inspectors43
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Orleans Parish, LA?
There are 9 home inspectors on map listings in Orleans Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Orleans Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.2B a year, or $14,218 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 6% 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 155,821 households in Orleans Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Orleans Parish 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 94, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Orleans Parish would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,478 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Orleans Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Orleans Parish at 362,154 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,821 households. Median household income in Orleans Parish is $56,631, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.1%, 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. Orleans Parish scores 43 for home inspectors (lower middle), #262 of 415 scored counties.
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