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Home inspectors in Bernalillo County, NM

How Bernalillo County, NM 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #165 of 415 scored counties
The only scored county in New Mexico

Listings
15
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.9B
On rent and homeowner costs · $17,065 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
124
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
667,601
−1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Bernalillo County spend about $4.9B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,065 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 24% 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.

There are 15 home inspectors on map listings in Bernalillo County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Bernalillo County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 14,275 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Bernalillo County.

Population estimates show Bernalillo County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home inspectors, Bernalillo County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #165 of 415 scored counties and the only scored county in New Mexico.

How Bernalillo County compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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.

Home inspectors in Bernalillo County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureBernalillo CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.40.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)124171100
Households per official establishment14,27521,47217,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.3%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$17,065$16,591$16,661
Median household income$69,473$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score5459

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 20
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
150 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$25K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Bernalillo 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 Bernalillo County

Population, 2025 estimate
667,601−1.4% since 2020
Households
285,495
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,162 sq. mi.
People per square mile
580
Median household income
$69,473+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,350
Median home value
$292,900
Jobs located here
358,969
Daytime population
728,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many home inspectors are in Bernalillo County, NM?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 home inspectors in Bernalillo County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in Bernalillo County, NM spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $4.9B a year, or $17,065 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 15 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 24% 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 285,495 households in Bernalillo County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bernalillo County, NM compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Bernalillo 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 124, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Bernalillo County would have about 19, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,275 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Bernalillo County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Bernalillo County at 667,601 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 285,495 households. The median household income in Bernalillo County is $69,473 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Bernalillo County scores 54 for home inspectors (upper middle), #165 of 415 scored counties.

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