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Home inspectors in Albany County, NY
The home inspectors in Albany County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #106 of 415 scored counties
#4 of 25 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,555 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 73
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 321,225
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 home inspectors in Albany County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 1.0 for every 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Albany County comes to about $2.5B a year: $18,555 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 27% below 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.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Albany County in 2023. That is one for every 44,901 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Albany County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Albany County is 63 (upper middle), #106 of 415 scored counties and #4 of 25 scored counties in New York.
How Albany County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Albany County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 73 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 44,901 | 23,706 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,555 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $85,333 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $802K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Albany 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 Albany County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 321,225+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 134,703
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 523 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 606
- Median household income
- $85,333+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,519
- Median home value
- $294,600
- Jobs located here
- 249,261
- Daytime population
- 417,371Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New York County, NY | 80 | 12 | 0.2 | 518 | −1.3% | #11 of 415 |
| 2Queens County, NY | 75 | 23 | 0.3 | 261 | −1.1% | #28 of 415 |
| 3Kings County, NY | 73 | 32 | 0.3 | 225 | −2.5% | #39 of 415 |
| 4Albany County, NY | 63 | 13 | 1.0 | 73 | +2.2% | #106 of 415 |
| 5Monroe County, NY | 60 | 20 | 0.6 | 108 | −1.0% | #119 of 415 |
| 6Richmond County, NY | 60 | 15 | 0.9 | 86 | +1.3% | #121 of 415 |
| 7Erie County, NY | 57 | 34 | 0.8 | 80 | −0.6% | #140 of 415 |
| 8Bronx County, NY | 56 | 7 | 0.1 | 445 | −3.8% | #145 of 415 |
| 9Saratoga County, NY | 56 | 11 | 1.1 | 70 | +2.3% | #154 of 415 |
| 10Westchester County, NY | 54 | 41 | 1.1 | 76 | +1.4% | #173 of 415 |
Other business types in Albany 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 estate50
- Real estate agents and brokers57
- Property management54
- Mortgage brokers and lenders70
- Home inspectors63
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Albany County, NY?
There are 13 home inspectors on map listings in Albany County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Albany County, NY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.5B a year, or $18,555 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 13 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 27% below 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 134,703 households in Albany County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Albany County, NY compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Albany County has 1.0 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 73, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Albany County would have about 10, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 44,901 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Albany County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Albany County at 321,225 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 134,703 households. Median household income in Albany County is $85,333, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Albany County scores 63 for home inspectors (upper middle), #106 of 415 scored counties.
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