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Home inspectors in Essex County, NJ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Essex County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #15 of 415 scored counties
#5 of 17 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,013 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 116
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 896,379
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Essex County is 79 (high), #15 of 415 scored counties and #5 of 17 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home inspectors.
Households in Essex County spend about $6.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $19,013 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 16% 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.
Essex County has 20 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Essex County in 2023. That is one for every 39,974 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Essex County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Essex County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Essex County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 116 | 113 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 39,974 | 22,630 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,013 | $20,430 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $80,789 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 896,379+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 319,788
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6,845
- Median household income
- $80,789+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,554
- Median home value
- $524,100
- Jobs located here
- 362,597
- Daytime population
- 843,719Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for home inspectors, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Essex County marked.
Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, NJ | 85 | 10 | 0.5 | 160 | +5.0% | #2 of 415 |
| 2Hudson County, NJ | 83 | 9 | 0.3 | 251 | +1.8% | #3 of 415 |
| 3Morris County, NJ | 81 | 14 | 0.7 | 121 | +3.2% | #10 of 415 |
| 4Mercer County, NJ | 79 | 8 | 0.6 | 139 | +3.3% | #14 of 415 |
| 5Essex County, NJ | 79 | 20 | 0.6 | 116 | +4.2% | #15 of 415 |
| 6Camden County, NJ | 78 | 6 | 0.3 | 242 | +2.4% | #16 of 415 |
| 7Middlesex County, NJ | 76 | 22 | 0.7 | 111 | +2.6% | #26 of 415 |
| 8Gloucester County, NJ | 71 | 8 | 0.7 | 108 | +3.3% | #51 of 415 |
| 9Passaic County, NJ | 68 | 15 | 0.8 | 86 | +1.6% | #73 of 415 |
| 10Atlantic County, NJ | 67 | 6 | 0.5 | 125 | +1.6% | #75 of 415 |
Other business types in Essex 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 estate57
- Real estate agents and brokers65
- Property management63
- Mortgage brokers and lenders81
- Home inspectors79
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Essex County, NJ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 home inspectors in Essex County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Essex County, NJ spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $6.1B a year, or $19,013 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 20 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 16% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 319,788 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, NJ compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Essex County has 0.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 116, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Essex County would have about 23, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 39,974 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 896,379 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 319,788 households. The median household income in Essex County is $80,789 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. Essex County scores 79 for home inspectors (high), #15 of 415 scored counties.
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