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Home inspectors in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
How the Raleigh-Cary, 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 · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #86 of 243 scored metro areas
#4 of 9 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 43
- 2 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- −3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $9.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,215 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
- 1,595,720
- +12.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 home inspectors in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 5%, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $17,215 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in the Raleigh-Cary metro area spend about $9.9B a year on rent and homeowner costs. 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Raleigh-Cary metro area was 58 in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 9,902 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Raleigh-Cary metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Raleigh-Cary metro area grew 12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Raleigh-Cary metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #86 of 243 scored metro areas and #4 of 9 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Raleigh-Cary 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.
| Measure | Raleigh-Cary metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 88 | 102 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 9,902 | 14,133 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.3% | +13.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,215 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $100,103 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58−3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 432 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Raleigh-Cary 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 Raleigh-Cary metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,595,720+12.6% since 2020
- Households
- 574,295
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,119 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 702
- Median household income
- $100,103+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,869
- Median home value
- $418,400
- Jobs located here
- 759,538
- Daytime population
- 1,525,914Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →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 Raleigh-Cary metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79 | 6 | 0.2 | 257 | +7.5% | #6 of 243 |
| 2Winston-Salem, NC | 71 | 11 | 0.4 | 141 | +5.3% | #25 of 243 |
| 3Greensboro-High Point, NC | 58 | 13 | 0.4 | 134 | +4.1% | #72 of 243 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 56 | 44 | 0.6 | 97 | +0.9% | #84 of 243 |
| 4Raleigh-Cary, NC | 56 | 43 | 0.7 | 88 | +12.6% | #86 of 243 |
| 5Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 53 | 78 | 0.7 | 85 | +10.1% | #111 of 243 |
| 6Jacksonville, NC | 48 | 5 | 0.7 | 82 | +6.0% | #136 of 243 |
| 7Wilmington, NC | 43 | 18 | 0.9 | 65 | +15.9% | #160 of 243 |
| 8Fayetteville, NC | 36 | 12 | 0.8 | 66 | +1.6% | #184 of 243 |
| 9Asheville, NC | 29 | 16 | 1.0 | 58 | +3.6% | #220 of 243 |
Other business types in the Raleigh-Cary metro area
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 brokers40
- Property management47
- Mortgage brokers and lenders42
- Home inspectors56
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area?
There are 43 home inspectors on map listings in the Raleigh-Cary metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $9.9B a year, or $17,215 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 43 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 574,295 households in the Raleigh-Cary metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Raleigh-Cary 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. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Raleigh-Cary metro area would have about 38, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,902 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Raleigh-Cary metro area at 1,595,720 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 574,295 households. Median household income in the Raleigh-Cary metro area is $100,103, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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 Raleigh-Cary metro area scores 56 for home inspectors (upper middle), #86 of 243 scored metro areas.
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