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Home inspectors in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area

How the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$693.9M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,765 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
88
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
110,619
+10.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 home inspectors in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Households in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area spend about $693.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,765 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 12% 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 the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area in 2023. That is one for every 14,671 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area grew 10.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 home inspectors on map listings, the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasurePinehurst-Southern Pines metro areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)88102100
Households per official establishment14,67114,13317,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.5%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.3%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,765$15,139$16,661
Median household income$86,080$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$283K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area, 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 the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
110,619+10.3% since 2020
Households
44,013
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
698 sq. mi.
People per square mile
150
Median household income
$86,080+43.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,924
Median home value
$351,400
Jobs located here
42,923
Daytime population
109,477Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for home inspectors, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area marked.

Top metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in North Carolina ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC7960.2257+7.5%#6 of 243
2Winston-Salem, NC71110.4141+5.3%#25 of 243
3Greensboro-High Point, NC58130.4134+4.1%#72 of 243
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC56440.697+0.9%#84 of 243
4Raleigh-Cary, NC56430.788+12.6%#86 of 243
5Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC53780.785+10.1%#111 of 243
6Jacksonville, NC4850.782+6.0%#136 of 243
7Wilmington, NC43180.965+15.9%#160 of 243
8Fayetteville, NC36120.866+1.6%#184 of 243
9Asheville, NC29161.058+3.6%#220 of 243
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NCNot scored30.788+10.3%

Other business types in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area?

There are 3 home inspectors on map listings in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $693.9M a year, or $15,765 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 12% 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 44,013 households in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 88, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,671 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area at 110,619 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,013 households. Median household income in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area is $86,080, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.6%, 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. The Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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