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Home inspectors in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area
How the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #131 of 243 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 59
- 5 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 56
- +4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $13.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,760 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 85
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,270,682
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 59 home inspectors in the Kansas City metro area. 5 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Households in the Kansas City metro area spend about $13.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,760 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 15% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Kansas City metro area was 56 in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 15,989 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Kansas City metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kansas City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, the Kansas City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #131 of 243 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Kansas City metro area 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.
| Measure | Kansas City metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 85 | 83 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 15,989 | 20,228 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.1% | +18.1% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,760 | $13,809 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $83,460 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 56+4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 595 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Kansas 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 Kansas City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,270,682+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 895,368
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,257 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 306
- Median household income
- $83,460+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,261
- Median home value
- $287,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,123,972
- Daytime population
- 2,247,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Kansas City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kansas City, MO-KS | 49 | 59 | 0.7 | 85 | +3.4% | #131 of 243 |
| 2St. Louis, MO-IL | 46 | 69 | 0.6 | 94 | −0.2% | #145 of 243 |
| 3Springfield, MO | 29 | 18 | 0.9 | 56 | +5.1% | #222 of 243 |
| 4Columbia, MO | 23 | 14 | 1.6 | 33 | +3.9% | #236 of 243 |
| 5St. Joseph, MO-KS | 6 | 5 | 1.1 | 47 | −2.0% | #240 of 243 |
Other business types in the Kansas 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 estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers35
- Property management47
- Mortgage brokers and lenders33
- Home inspectors49
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area?
The Kansas City metro area has 59 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 56 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $13.2B a year, or $14,760 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 59 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 15% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 895,368 households in the Kansas City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Kansas City 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 85, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Kansas City metro area would have about 50, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,989 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kansas City metro area at 2,270,682 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 895,368 households. Median household income in the Kansas City metro area is $83,460, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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 Kansas City metro area scores 49 for home inspectors (lower middle), #131 of 243 scored metro areas.
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