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Home inspectors in Worcester County, MA
How Worcester County, MA compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #17 of 415 scored counties
#4 of 8 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,573 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 179
- 79% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 888,502
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Worcester County is 78 (high), #17 of 415 scored counties and #4 of 8 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home inspectors.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 home inspectors in Worcester County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Worcester County comes to about $6.6B a year: $19,573 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 79% above 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 17 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Worcester County in 2023. That is one for every 19,754 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $185K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Worcester County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Worcester County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Worcester County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Worcester County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 179 | 185 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 19,754 | 23,804 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,573 | $20,433 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $95,939 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $185K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Worcester 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 Worcester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 888,502+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 335,826
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,511 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 574
- Median household income
- $95,939+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,653
- Median home value
- $423,700
- Jobs located here
- 355,505
- Daytime population
- 797,239Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Norfolk County, MA | 86 | 9 | 0.3 | 270 | +2.2% | #1 of 415 |
| 2Middlesex County, MA | 83 | 31 | 0.5 | 175 | +2.8% | #5 of 415 |
| 3Plymouth County, MA | 83 | 11 | 0.5 | 148 | +3.5% | #6 of 415 |
| 4Worcester County, MA | 78 | 14 | 0.4 | 179 | +3.7% | #17 of 415 |
| 5Suffolk County, MA | 77 | 12 | 0.4 | 205 | +0.1% | #20 of 415 |
| 6Essex County, MA | 75 | 20 | 0.6 | 121 | +2.3% | #30 of 415 |
| 7Bristol County, MA | 73 | 6 | 0.3 | 277 | +2.9% | #38 of 415 |
| 8Barnstable County, MA | 55 | 8 | 0.8 | 100 | +2.4% | #159 of 415 |
Other business types in Worcester 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 estate63
- Real estate agents and brokers68
- Property management73
- Mortgage brokers and lenders75
- Home inspectors78
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Worcester County, MA?
There are 14 home inspectors on map listings in Worcester County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Worcester County, MA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $6.6B a year, or $19,573 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 14 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 79% above 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 335,826 households in Worcester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Worcester County, MA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Worcester County has 0.4 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 179, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Worcester County would have about 25, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,754 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Worcester County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Worcester County at 888,502 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 335,826 households. Median household income in Worcester County is $95,939, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Worcester County scores 78 for home inspectors (high), #17 of 415 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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