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Home inspectors in Rensselaer County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Rensselaer County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #309 of 415 scored counties
#20 of 25 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,425 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 59
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,510
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 home inspectors in Rensselaer County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Rensselaer County comes to about $1.2B a year: $18,425 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 41% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Rensselaer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Rensselaer County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home inspectors, Rensselaer County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #309 of 415 scored counties and #20 of 25 scored counties in New York.
How Rensselaer 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 | Rensselaer County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 59 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 23,706 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,425 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $87,915 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,510−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 66,686
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 653 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $87,915+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,086
- Median home value
- $258,400
- Jobs located here
- 52,657
- Daytime population
- 135,820Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for home inspectors, numbered among those based in New York, with Rensselaer County marked.
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 |
| 20Rensselaer County, NY | 38 | 8 | 1.2 | 59 | −0.2% | #309 of 415 |
Other business types in Rensselaer 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 estate74
- Real estate agents and brokers78
- Property management70
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors38
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Rensselaer County, NY?
Rensselaer County has 8 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Rensselaer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rensselaer County, NY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $18,425 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 41% 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 66,686 households in Rensselaer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rensselaer County, NY compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Rensselaer County has 1.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 59, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Rensselaer County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Rensselaer County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Rensselaer County at 160,510 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 66,686 households. Median household income in Rensselaer County is $87,915, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Rensselaer County scores 38 for home inspectors (lower middle), #309 of 415 scored counties.
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