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Home inspectors in Carroll County, MD
The home inspectors in Carroll County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #338 of 415 scored counties
#9 of 10 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,359 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 50
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,677
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For home inspectors, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #338 of 415 scored counties and #9 of 10 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 home inspectors in Carroll County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Carroll County comes to about $1.2B a year: $18,359 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 50% 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.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Carroll County in 2023. That is one for every 9,184 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carroll 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 | Carroll County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 50 | 109 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 9,184 | 17,374 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,359 | $17,488 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $118,211 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- 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
- 5The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 176,677+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 64,285
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 392
- Median household income
- $118,211+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,587
- Median home value
- $434,000
- Jobs located here
- 57,897
- Daytime population
- 147,678Residents 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 Carroll 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 estate50
- Real estate agents and brokers53
- Property management70
- Mortgage brokers and lenders54
- Home inspectors33
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Carroll County, MD?
Carroll County has 9 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 Carroll County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $18,359 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 50% 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 64,285 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, MD compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Carroll County has 1.4 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 50, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Carroll County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,184 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 176,677 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,285 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $118,211, 46% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. Carroll County scores 33 for home inspectors (lower middle), #338 of 415 scored counties.
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