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Home inspectors in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area

The home inspectors in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #122 of 243 scored metro areas
#1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.7B
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,838 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
79
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
279,108
+5.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 home inspectors in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area. 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.

At $15,838 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area spend about $1.7B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 21% 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 7 businesses with payroll in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 15,012 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area is 51 (upper middle), #122 of 243 scored metro areas and #1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.

How the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area 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.

Home inspectors in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSlidell-Mandeville-Covington metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.50.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)79104100
Households per official establishment15,01222,84517,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.5%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,838$14,200$16,661
Median household income$81,202$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5141

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$374K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
279,108+5.3% since 2020
Households
105,082
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
845 sq. mi.
People per square mile
322
Median household income
$81,202
Average household income
$109,896
Median home value
$284,000
Jobs located here
97,233
Daytime population
260,408Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA5180.879+5.3%#122 of 243
2Baton Rouge, LA48230.782+2.1%#137 of 243
3New Orleans-Metairie, LA46210.5105−3.4%#142 of 243
4Lake Charles, LA4150.5102−3.8%#165 of 243
5Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA4050.686−3.5%#168 of 243
6Lafayette, LA35191.247+3.8%#188 of 243

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Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area?

The Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area has 8 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.7B a year, or $15,838 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 21% 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 105,082 households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 79, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,012 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area scores 51 for home inspectors (upper middle), #122 of 243 scored metro areas.

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