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Home inspectors in Suffolk County, NY
The home inspectors in Suffolk County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #199 of 415 scored counties
#11 of 25 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 55
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $11B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $22,220 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 76
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,546,090
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Suffolk County comes to about $11B a year: $22,220 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 24% 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.
Suffolk County has 55 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 46 businesses with payroll in Suffolk County classed as building inspection services, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 10,748 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Suffolk County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Suffolk County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #199 of 415 scored counties and #11 of 25 scored counties in New York.
How Suffolk 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 | Suffolk County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 76 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 10,748 | 23,706 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −2.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $22,220 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $130,686 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46 → 460.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 189
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 551 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,546,090+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 494,405
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,620
- Median household income
- $130,686+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $167,491
- Median home value
- $578,400
- Jobs located here
- 624,016
- Daytime population
- 1,340,805Residents 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 |
| 11Suffolk County, NY | 50 | 55 | 1.1 | 76 | +1.6% | #199 of 415 |
Other business types in Suffolk 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 estate40
- Real estate agents and brokers41
- Property management65
- Mortgage brokers and lenders56
- Home inspectors50
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Suffolk County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 home inspectors in Suffolk County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Suffolk County, NY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $11B a year, or $22,220 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 55 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 24% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 494,405 households in Suffolk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suffolk County, NY compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Suffolk County has 1.1 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 76, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Suffolk County would have about 42, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,748 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Suffolk County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Suffolk County at 1,546,090 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 494,405 households. The median household income in Suffolk County is $130,686 a year, 62% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Suffolk County scores 50 for home inspectors (upper middle), #199 of 415 scored counties.
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