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Home inspectors in Kent County, MI
The home inspectors in Kent County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #289 of 415 scored counties
#7 of 15 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,640 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 62
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 675,232
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Kent County comes to about $3.8B a year: $14,640 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 38% 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.
There are 23 home inspectors on map listings in Kent County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Kent County in 2023. That is one for every 16,041 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kent County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kent County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #289 of 415 scored counties and #7 of 15 scored counties in Michigan.
How Kent County 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 | Kent County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 62 | 86 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 16,041 | 26,996 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,640 | $13,996 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $82,631 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Kent 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 Kent County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 675,232+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 256,648
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 850 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 781
- Median household income
- $82,631+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,612
- Median home value
- $289,900
- Jobs located here
- 399,575
- Daytime population
- 767,130Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Kent County marked.
Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washtenaw County, MI | 63 | 7 | 0.5 | 126 | −0.4% | #98 of 415 |
| 2Wayne County, MI | 58 | 24 | 0.3 | 146 | −1.1% | #131 of 415 |
| 3Oakland County, MI | 56 | 34 | 0.6 | 95 | +1.2% | #148 of 415 |
| 4Ottawa County, MI | 56 | 8 | 0.7 | 80 | +3.9% | #152 of 415 |
| 5Macomb County, MI | 52 | 23 | 0.6 | 84 | +0.7% | #183 of 415 |
| 6Livingston County, MI | 45 | 9 | 1.2 | 52 | +1.7% | #250 of 415 |
| 7Kent County, MI | 40 | 23 | 0.9 | 62 | +2.5% | #289 of 415 |
| 8Genesee County, MI | 38 | 12 | 0.7 | 70 | −1.1% | #305 of 415 |
| 9Ingham County, MI | 37 | 7 | 0.6 | 85 | +1.7% | #313 of 415 |
| 10Kalamazoo County, MI | 34 | 11 | 1.0 | 52 | +0.8% | #329 of 415 |
Other business types in Kent 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 estate32
- Real estate agents and brokers35
- Property management40
- Mortgage brokers and lenders33
- Home inspectors40
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Kent County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 home inspectors in Kent County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Kent County, MI spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.8B a year, or $14,640 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 23 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 38% 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 256,648 households in Kent County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kent County, MI compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Kent County has 0.9 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 62, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Kent County would have about 14, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,041 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Kent County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Kent County at 675,232 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 256,648 households. The median household income in Kent County is $82,631 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.1% 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. Kent County scores 40 for home inspectors (lower middle), #289 of 415 scored counties.
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