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Home inspectors in Anne Arundel County, MD
The home inspectors in Anne Arundel County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #68 of 415 scored counties
#4 of 10 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,828 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 322
- 3.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.2
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 603,380
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $18,828 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Anne Arundel County spend about $4.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 3.2 times 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 5 home inspectors on map listings in Anne Arundel County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Anne Arundel County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 14,983 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Anne Arundel County.
Population estimates show Anne Arundel County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Anne Arundel County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #68 of 415 scored counties and #4 of 10 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Anne Arundel County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Anne Arundel County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 322 | 109 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 14,983 | 17,374 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,828 | $17,488 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $124,911 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $543K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 603,380+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 224,748
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 415 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,442
- Median household income
- $124,911+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,835
- Median home value
- $467,900
- Jobs located here
- 269,614
- Daytime population
- 605,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Prince George’s County, MD | 75 | 7 | 0.2 | 325 | +0.5% | #27 of 415 |
| 2Howard County, MD | 69 | 5 | 0.4 | 187 | +1.9% | #62 of 415 |
| 3Montgomery County, MD | 69 | 23 | 0.6 | 125 | +1.3% | #67 of 415 |
| 4Anne Arundel County, MD | 68 | 5 | 0.2 | 322 | +1.7% | #68 of 415 |
| 5Frederick County, MD | 57 | 11 | 1.1 | 68 | +11.0% | #142 of 415 |
| 6Harford County, MD | 56 | 6 | 0.6 | 115 | +2.0% | #147 of 415 |
| 7Baltimore city, MD | 47 | 17 | 0.7 | 82 | −2.3% | #218 of 415 |
| 8Baltimore County, MD | 46 | 26 | 0.8 | 81 | −0.7% | #229 of 415 |
| 9Carroll County, MD | 33 | 9 | 1.4 | 50 | +2.2% | #338 of 415 |
| 10Calvert County, MD | 32 | 5 | 1.5 | 49 | +1.7% | #345 of 415 |
Other business types in Anne Arundel 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 estate38
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management53
- Mortgage brokers and lenders36
- Home inspectors68
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Anne Arundel County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 home inspectors in Anne Arundel County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Anne Arundel County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.2B a year, or $18,828 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 3.2 times 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 224,748 households in Anne Arundel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anne Arundel County, MD compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Anne Arundel County has 0.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 322, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Anne Arundel County would have about 16, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,983 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Anne Arundel County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Anne Arundel County at 603,380 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,748 households. The median household income in Anne Arundel County is $124,911 a year, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Anne Arundel County scores 68 for home inspectors (upper middle), #68 of 415 scored counties.
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