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Home inspectors in Cumberland County, ME

The home inspectors in Cumberland County, ME, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #128 of 415 scored counties
#2 of 5 scored counties in Maine

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.6B
On rent and homeowner costs · $19,494 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
98
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
317,222
+4.5% 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 10 home inspectors in Cumberland County. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Cumberland County comes to about $2.6B a year: $19,494 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 2% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Cumberland County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 9,441 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Cumberland County grew 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Cumberland County is 59 (upper middle), #128 of 415 scored counties and #2 of 5 scored counties in Maine.

How Cumberland County compares

The same measures for Maine 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 Cumberland County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureCumberland CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.90.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)9877100
Households per official establishment9,44116,58817,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.7%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.5%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$19,494$17,605$16,661
Median household income$95,677$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market score5935

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 14
Employees, 2023
42
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County

Population, 2025 estimate
317,222+4.5% since 2020
Households
132,168
Median age
43.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
369
Median household income
$95,677+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$128,060
Median home value
$451,200
Jobs located here
199,197
Daytime population
355,731Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Maine, with Cumberland County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1York County, ME7160.7108+4.8%#52 of 415
2Cumberland County, ME59100.898+4.5%#128 of 415
3Penobscot County, ME4871.160+3.8%#213 of 415
4Kennebec County, ME3571.350+3.5%#324 of 415
5Androscoggin County, ME3391.933+4.8%#340 of 415

Other business types in Cumberland County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Cumberland County, ME?

Cumberland County has 10 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in Cumberland County, ME spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.6B a year, or $19,494 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 2% 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 132,168 households in Cumberland County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cumberland County, ME compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Cumberland County 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 98, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,441 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Cumberland County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Cumberland County at 317,222 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 132,168 households. Median household income in Cumberland County is $95,677, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Cumberland County scores 59 for home inspectors (upper middle), #128 of 415 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for home inspectors · All 56 business types in Cumberland County

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