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Home inspectors in Butler County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Butler County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #253 of 415 scored counties
#6 of 16 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,547 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 68
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 400,128
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 home inspectors in Butler County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $14,547 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Butler County spend about $2.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 32% 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 8 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Butler County in 2023. That is one for every 18,353 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Butler County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Butler County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #253 of 415 scored counties and #6 of 16 scored counties in Ohio.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Butler County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 68 | 77 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 18,353 | 25,596 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,547 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $81,590 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 400,128+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 146,822
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 467 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 842
- Median household income
- $81,590+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,751
- Median home value
- $258,500
- Jobs located here
- 160,654
- Daytime population
- 370,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, OH | 65 | 7 | 0.8 | 83 | +5.7% | #91 of 415 |
| 2Lucas County, OH | 53 | 8 | 0.4 | 115 | −1.7% | #177 of 415 |
| 3Lorain County, OH | 50 | 8 | 0.6 | 85 | +3.1% | #198 of 415 |
| 4Cuyahoga County, OH | 49 | 30 | 0.5 | 95 | −2.3% | #203 of 415 |
| 5Hamilton County, OH | 48 | 26 | 0.7 | 74 | +1.0% | #211 of 415 |
| 6Butler County, OH | 44 | 12 | 0.8 | 68 | +2.4% | #253 of 415 |
| 7Delaware County, OH | 44 | 10 | 1.2 | 56 | +12.5% | #258 of 415 |
| 8Franklin County, OH | 43 | 46 | 0.8 | 66 | +2.8% | #264 of 415 |
| 9Montgomery County, OH | 40 | 20 | 0.9 | 59 | +0.5% | #290 of 415 |
| 10Lake County, OH | 37 | 8 | 0.8 | 69 | −0.1% | #314 of 415 |
Other business types in Butler 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 estate46
- Real estate agents and brokers51
- Property management55
- Mortgage brokers and lenders48
- Home inspectors44
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Butler County, OH?
There are 12 home inspectors on map listings in Butler County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Butler County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.1B a year, or $14,547 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 32% 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 146,822 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, OH compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Butler County has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 68, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Butler County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,353 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 400,128 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 146,822 households. Median household income in Butler County is $81,590, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Butler County scores 44 for home inspectors (lower middle), #253 of 415 scored counties.
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