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Home inspectors in the Bay City, MI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in the Bay City, MI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 5 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #242 of 243 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $584M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,949 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 44
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,123
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Bay City metro area scores 5 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #242 of 243 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Bay City metro area spend about $584M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $12,949 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 56% 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.
The Bay City metro area has 5 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in the Bay City metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Bay City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Bay City metro area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Bay City metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 44 | 86 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 26,996 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,949 | $13,996 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,763 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 5 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 2The 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 Bay City 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 Bay City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,123−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 45,103
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 442 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 233
- Median household income
- $61,763+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,153
- Median home value
- $152,200
- Jobs located here
- 31,089
- Daytime population
- 93,442Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bay City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ann Arbor, MI | 65 | 7 | 0.5 | 126 | −0.4% | #41 of 243 |
| 2Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 54 | 102 | 0.6 | 95 | +0.1% | #105 of 243 |
| 3Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 53 | 12 | 0.6 | 85 | +1.4% | #110 of 243 |
| 4Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 42 | 34 | 0.8 | 72 | +2.8% | #164 of 243 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 38 | 11 | 0.9 | 60 | +0.1% | #177 of 243 |
| 5Flint, MI | 34 | 12 | 0.7 | 70 | −1.1% | #189 of 243 |
| 6Traverse City, MI | 32 | 10 | 1.5 | 36 | +2.2% | #207 of 243 |
| 7Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 31 | 11 | 1.0 | 52 | +0.8% | #209 of 243 |
| 8Bay City, MI | 5 | 5 | 1.1 | 44 | −1.6% | #242 of 243 |
Other business types in the Bay City metro area
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 estate60
- Real estate agents and brokers60
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders50
- Home inspectors5
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Bay City, MI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in the Bay City metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Bay City metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Bay City, MI metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $584M a year, or $12,949 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 56% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,103 households in the Bay City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bay City, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Bay City metro area has 1.1 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 44, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Bay City metro area would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Bay City, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bay City metro area at 102,123 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,103 households. The median household income in the Bay City metro area is $61,763 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. The Bay City metro area scores 5 for home inspectors (very low), #242 of 243 scored metro areas.
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