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Home inspectors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area
The home inspectors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #130 of 243 scored metro areas
#3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 102
- 7 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 99
- −7.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $23.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,907 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 88
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,790,295
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area spend about $23.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,907 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 12% 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 102 home inspectors on map listings in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 7%, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area was 99 in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 14,922 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $336K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #130 of 243 scored metro areas and #3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Minnesota.
How the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 88 | 88 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 14,922 | 18,173 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.9% | −3.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,907 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $99,833 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 99−7.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 389
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1027 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 90The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $336K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,790,295+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,477,259
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,048 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 527
- Median household income
- $99,833+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,158
- Median home value
- $374,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,958,695
- Daytime population
- 3,771,602Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochester, MN | 58 | 5 | 0.5 | 109 | +2.0% | #73 of 243 |
| 2Duluth, MN-WI | 55 | 6 | 0.5 | 104 | +0.2% | #92 of 243 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 55 | 9 | 0.7 | 75 | +9.5% | #96 of 243 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 51 | 11 | 1.0 | 54 | +7.7% | #124 of 243 |
| 3Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 49 | 102 | 0.7 | 88 | +2.6% | #130 of 243 |
| 4St. Cloud, MN | 35 | 6 | 0.8 | 70 | +3.0% | #186 of 243 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 30 | 5 | 0.7 | 76 | +0.4% | #213 of 243 |
Other business types in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington 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 estate33
- Real estate agents and brokers33
- Property management42
- Mortgage brokers and lenders31
- Home inspectors49
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 102 home inspectors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area. 7 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $23.5B a year, or $15,907 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 102 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 12% 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 1,477,259 households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 88, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area would have about 90, against 102 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,922 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area at 3,790,295 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,477,259 households. The median household income in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area is $99,833 a year, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area scores 49 for home inspectors (lower middle), #130 of 243 scored metro areas.
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