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Home inspectors in Union County, NJ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Union County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #2 of 415 scored counties
#1 of 17 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $20,664 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 160
- 60% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 601,863
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Union County scores 85 (high) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #2 of 415 scored counties and #1 of 17 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home inspectors.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Union County comes to about $4.2B a year: $20,664 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 60% 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.
Union County has 10 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.5 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Union County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 25,410 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Union County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Union 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 | Union County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 160 | 113 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 25,410 | 22,630 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $20,664 | $20,430 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $103,202 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $362K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 601,863+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 203,277
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 103 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5,637
- Median household income
- $103,202+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,596
- Median home value
- $529,200
- Jobs located here
- 247,379
- Daytime population
- 551,422Residents 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 Union 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 Union 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 estate58
- Real estate agents and brokers63
- Property management76
- Mortgage brokers and lenders73
- Home inspectors85
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Union County, NJ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 home inspectors in Union 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 Union County, NJ spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.2B a year, or $20,664 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 60% 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 203,277 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, NJ compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Union County has 0.5 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 160, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Union County would have about 16, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,410 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 601,863 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 203,277 households. The median household income in Union County is $103,202 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Union County scores 85 for home inspectors (high), #2 of 415 scored counties.
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