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Home inspectors in Greene County, MO

How Greene County, MO 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #348 of 415 scored counties
#6 of 8 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
15
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.7B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,037 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
43
57% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.1
83% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
309,286
+3.3% since 2020

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What this means

For home inspectors, Greene County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #348 of 415 scored counties and #6 of 8 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $13,037 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Greene County spend about $1.7B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 57% 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.

Greene County has 15 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Greene County in 2023. That is one for every 18,707 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Greene County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Greene County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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.

Home inspectors in Greene County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.10.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)4383100
Households per official establishment18,70720,22817,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.1%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,037$13,809$16,661
Median household income$61,479$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3225

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$434K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
150 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Greene 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 Greene County

Population, 2025 estimate
309,286+3.3% since 2020
Households
130,951
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
449
Median household income
$61,479+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,469
Median home value
$221,300
Jobs located here
183,863
Daytime population
359,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Greene County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, MO5250.696+2.7%#181 of 415
2Jackson County, MO49170.694+2.1%#204 of 415
3St. Louis County, MO45280.785−1.2%#239 of 415
4St. Charles County, MO40150.966+4.9%#287 of 415
5Clay County, MO3690.964+4.3%#320 of 415
6Greene County, MO32151.143+3.3%#348 of 415
7Boone County, MO25131.731+4.2%#391 of 415
8Taney County, MO983.514+1.7%#412 of 415

Other business types in Greene County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Greene County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 home inspectors in Greene County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in Greene County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.7B a year, or $13,037 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 15 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 57% 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 130,951 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greene County, MO compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Greene County 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 43, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Greene County would have about 7, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,707 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Greene County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 309,286 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 130,951 households. The median household income in Greene County is $61,479 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.4% 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. Greene County scores 32 for home inspectors (lower middle), #348 of 415 scored counties.

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