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Home inspectors in Union County, NC
How Union County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #167 of 415 scored counties
#5 of 14 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,473 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 93
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 267,674
- +11.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $17,473 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Union County spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 7% 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.
Union County has 6 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Union County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 4,955 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Union County grew 11.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Union County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #167 of 415 scored counties and #5 of 14 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Union County 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 | Union County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 93 | 102 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 4,955 | 14,133 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,473 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $102,900 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 267,674+11.7% since 2020
- Households
- 84,237
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 633 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 397
- Median household income
- $102,900+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $137,492
- Median home value
- $417,300
- Jobs located here
- 76,151
- Daytime population
- 210,985Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for home inspectors, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Union County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham County, NC | 69 | 6 | 0.4 | 145 | +7.7% | #64 of 415 |
| 2Wake County, NC | 59 | 34 | 0.7 | 91 | +11.2% | #129 of 415 |
| 3Mecklenburg County, NC | 58 | 36 | 0.8 | 82 | +10.5% | #134 of 415 |
| 4Guilford County, NC | 57 | 9 | 0.4 | 138 | +4.4% | #135 of 415 |
| 5Union County, NC | 54 | 6 | 0.7 | 93 | +11.7% | #167 of 415 |
| 6Onslow County, NC | 51 | 5 | 0.7 | 82 | +6.0% | #193 of 415 |
| 7Johnston County, NC | 47 | 7 | 0.8 | 72 | +17.9% | #222 of 415 |
| 8Cabarrus County, NC | 46 | 7 | 0.8 | 75 | +9.9% | #231 of 415 |
| 9Brunswick County, NC | 45 | 7 | 1.0 | 57 | +26.5% | #249 of 415 |
| 10New Hanover County, NC | 41 | 9 | 0.9 | 69 | +8.6% | #275 of 415 |
Other business types in Union 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 brokers57
- Property management81
- Mortgage brokers and lenders81
- Home inspectors54
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Union County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 home inspectors in Union County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Union County, NC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $17,473 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 7% 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 84,237 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, NC compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Union County 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 93, 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 4,955 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 267,674 people in 2025, up 11.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,237 households. The median household income in Union County is $102,900 a year, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Union County scores 54 for home inspectors (upper middle), #167 of 415 scored counties.
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