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Home inspectors in Erie County, NY
The home inspectors in Erie County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #140 of 415 scored counties
#7 of 25 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 34
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,505 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 80
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,741
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 home inspectors in Erie County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Households in Erie County spend about $7.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,505 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 20% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Erie County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 29,262 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Erie County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Erie County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Erie County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #140 of 415 scored counties and #7 of 25 scored counties in New York.
How Erie 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 | Erie County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 80 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 29,262 | 23,706 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,505 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $72,839 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $454K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 341 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $10K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,741−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 409,665
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 912
- Median household income
- $72,839+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,750
- Median home value
- $233,800
- Jobs located here
- 478,475
- Daytime population
- 994,716Residents 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 Erie 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 brokers62
- Property management61
- Mortgage brokers and lenders76
- Home inspectors57
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Erie County, NY?
Erie County has 34 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Erie County, NY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $7.2B a year, or $17,505 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 34 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 20% 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 409,665 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, NY compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Erie County has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 80, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Erie County would have about 27, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 29,262 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Erie County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 946,741 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 409,665 households. Median household income in Erie County is $72,839, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Erie County scores 57 for home inspectors (upper middle), #140 of 415 scored counties.
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