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Home inspectors in Morris County, NJ
How Morris County, NJ 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #10 of 415 scored counties
#3 of 17 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $22,954 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 121
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 524,251
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Morris County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #10 of 415 scored counties and #3 of 17 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home inspectors.
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 home inspectors in Morris County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $22,954 per household (38% above the U.S. average), households in Morris County spend about $4.4B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 21% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Morris County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 32,208 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Morris County. Population estimates put the population change in Morris County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Morris 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 | Morris County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 121 | 113 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 32,208 | 22,630 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $22,954 | $20,430 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $137,326 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $75K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Morris 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 Morris County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 524,251+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 193,245
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 461 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,116
- Median household income
- $137,326+18.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $186,467
- Median home value
- $582,500
- Jobs located here
- 316,491
- Daytime population
- 565,316Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Morris 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 estate47
- Real estate agents and brokers51
- Property management73
- Mortgage brokers and lenders42
- Home inspectors81
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Morris County, NJ?
Morris County has 14 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Morris County, NJ spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.4B a year, or $22,954 per household. That is 38% above the U.S. average (an index of 138, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 14 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 21% 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 193,245 households in Morris County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morris County, NJ compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Morris County 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 121, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Morris County would have about 17, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 32,208 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Morris County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Morris County at 524,251 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 193,245 households. Median household income in Morris County is $137,326, 70% above 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. Morris County scores 81 for home inspectors (high), #10 of 415 scored counties.
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