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Home inspectors in Mississippi

Markets across Mississippi ranked by the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings: 47; 2 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments: 21; +5.0% since 2019
Household spending a year: $15.7B; On rent and homeowner costs
Listings per 10k households: 0.4; 33% below the U.S.
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100): 127; 27% above the U.S.
Rank among states: #19 of 50; Market score 55 · Upper middle

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What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 home inspectors in Mississippi. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.4 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Mississippi comes to about $15.7B a year: $13,696 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 27% 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 21 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Mississippi in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 54,544 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 6.5% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $147K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Mississippi.

Among 50 states, Mississippi ranks #19 for home inspectors, with a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle). Of the 4 scored metro areas in or partly in Mississippi, the Memphis metro area scores highest (68). Among 2 scored counties, Harrison County scores highest (31).

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Mississippi, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching Mississippi, ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)	Population growth	U.S. rank
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	68	18	0.3	162	−0.3%	#32 of 243
1Jackson, MS	59	9	0.4	143	−1.4%	#67 of 243
2Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	33	14	0.8	65	+3.5%	#197 of 243
3Hattiesburg, MS	29	5	0.8	64	+2.6%	#219 of 243

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching Mississippi, ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)	Population growth
Tupelo, MS	Not scored	1	0.2	276	+0.8%
Meridian, MS	Not scored	1	0.3	172	−3.2%
Laurel, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.5%
Oxford, MS	Not scored	1	0.4	132	+5.3%
Columbus, MS	Not scored	1	0.4	135	−2.7%
Starkville, MS	Not scored	2	0.8	65	+0.8%
Picayune, MS	Not scored	3	1.4	38	+5.6%
Natchez, MS-LA	Not scored	1	0.5	99	−0.9%
McComb, MS	Not scored	1	0.5	97	−2.6%
Vicksburg, MS	Not scored	1	0.6	91	−6.3%
Greenville, MS	Not scored	1	0.6	81	−9.4%
Greenwood, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−8.8%
Brookhaven, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+0.5%
Corinth, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−0.5%
Grenada, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−3.6%
Cleveland, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−8.3%
Clarksdale, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−6.5%

Counties

Counties in Mississippi, ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)	Population growth	U.S. rank
1Harrison County, MS	31	8	1.0	55	+4.0%	#354 of 415
2Jackson County, MS	29	6	1.0	53	+3.0%	#369 of 415
Hinds County, MS	Not scored	3	0.3	149	−6.6%
DeSoto County, MS	Not scored	4	0.6	106	+6.3%
Rankin County, MS	Not scored	4	0.7	88	+3.2%
Madison County, MS	Not scored	2	0.5	135	+6.5%
Lee County, MS	Not scored	1	0.3	178	+0.5%
Forrest County, MS	Not scored	1	0.3	155	+1.1%
Lauderdale County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−3.2%
Jones County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.0%
Lamar County, MS	Not scored	3	1.2	48	+4.7%
Lafayette County, MS	Not scored	1	0.5	108	+6.6%
Lowndes County, MS	Not scored	1	0.4	117	−2.4%
Pearl River County, MS	Not scored	3	1.4	38	+5.6%
Oktibbeha County, MS	Not scored	2	0.9	55	+0.4%
Hancock County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+1.6%
Warren County, MS	Not scored	1	0.6	91	−6.3%
Washington County, MS	Not scored	1	0.6	81	−9.4%
Pike County, MS	Not scored	1	0.7	70	−3.7%
Lincoln County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+0.5%
Alcorn County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−0.5%
Marshall County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+2.6%
Monroe County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.4%
Panola County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.4%
Pontotoc County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+2.9%

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Counties in Mississippi, ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score, continued
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)	Population growth
Bolivar County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−8.3%
Neshoba County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−0.9%
Adams County, MS	Not scored	1	0.9	55	+2.2%
Tate County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+2.1%
Union County, MS	Not scored	1	1.0	51	+2.3%
Copiah County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.7%
Scott County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+0.4%
Leflore County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−9.4%
Simpson County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.5%
Prentiss County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+1.3%
George County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+8.1%
Yazoo County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−14.0%
Sunflower County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−10.9%
Marion County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.5%
Itawamba County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+1.3%
Tippah County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.6%
Leake County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+1.9%
Grenada County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−3.3%
Newton County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.4%
Coahoma County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−6.5%
Wayne County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	0.0%
Stone County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+7.2%
Tishomingo County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.1%
Clay County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.0%
Covington County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.2%
Winston County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.2%
Attala County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.0%
Chickasaw County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.0%
Holmes County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−8.4%
Jasper County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−3.5%
Clarke County, MS	Not scored	1	1.7	29	−2.8%
Smith County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.5%
Walthall County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+0.4%
Greene County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+1.3%
Calhoun County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.4%
Amite County, MS	Not scored	1	1.7	26	−1.7%
Yalobusha County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−0.5%
Lawrence County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.4%
Tallahatchie County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−14.0%
Perry County, MS	Not scored	1	2.2	23	+1.1%
Jefferson Davis County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.9%
Noxubee County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.2%
Webster County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+2.6%
Carroll County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−7.2%
Montgomery County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.5%
Tunica County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−9.4%
Kemper County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.1%
Claiborne County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−11.4%
Wilkinson County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−11.0%
Choctaw County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.9%
Franklin County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.2%
Benton County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.1%
Humphreys County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−9.5%
Jefferson County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−5.8%
Quitman County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−12.9%
Sharkey County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−17.9%
Issaquena County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.7%

Markets with fewer than 5 home inspectors on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Mississippi?

There are 47 home inspectors on map listings in Mississippi as of September 2026. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Mississippi spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $15.7B a year, or $13,696 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 47 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 27% 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 1,145,431 households in Mississippi and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mississippi compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Mississippi 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 127, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Mississippi would have about 60, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 54,544 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.

Which market in Mississippi has the highest market score for home inspectors?

Among 4 scored metro areas in or partly in Mississippi, the Memphis metro area scores highest, at 68 (upper middle). Among 2 scored counties in Mississippi, Harrison County scores highest, at 31 (lower middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. Mississippi scores 55 for home inspectors (upper middle), #19 of 50 scored states.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Mississippi. It maps the home inspectors on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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