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Home inspectors in Lewis and Clark County, MT
How Lewis and Clark County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $557.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,864 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 212
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 75,331
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 home inspector in Lewis and Clark County. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in Lewis and Clark County spend about $557.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,864 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. 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 Lewis and Clark County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 6,243 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lewis and Clark County grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 home inspector on map listings, Lewis and Clark County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lewis and Clark County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Lewis and Clark County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 212 | 82 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 6,243 | 10,197 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,864 | $17,303 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $78,237 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $112K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 75,331+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 31,215
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,458 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $78,237+18.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,055
- Median home value
- $393,500
- Jobs located here
- 41,168
- Daytime population
- 78,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yellowstone County, MT | 40 | 9 | 1.3 | 53 | +4.5% | #293 of 415 |
| 2Flathead County, MT | 39 | 8 | 1.8 | 37 | +10.1% | #303 of 415 |
| 3Missoula County, MT | 38 | 6 | 1.1 | 59 | +4.4% | #308 of 415 |
| Lewis and Clark County, MT | Not scored | 1 | 0.3 | 212 | +5.8% |
Other business types in Lewis and Clark 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 estate38
- Real estate agents and brokers38
- Property management40
- Mortgage brokers and lenders73
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Lewis and Clark County, MT?
Lewis and Clark County has 1 home inspector on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Lewis and Clark County, MT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $557.6M a year, or $17,864 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 31,215 households in Lewis and Clark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lewis and Clark County, MT compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Lewis and Clark County has 1 home inspector on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Lewis and Clark County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,243 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Lewis and Clark County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Lewis and Clark County at 75,331 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,215 households. Median household income in Lewis and Clark County is $78,237, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.9%, 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. Lewis and Clark County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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