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Home inspectors in Lake County, OH
How Lake County, OH 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #314 of 415 scored counties
#10 of 16 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,349 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 69
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 232,217
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Lake County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #314 of 415 scored counties and #10 of 16 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $14,349 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 31% 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.
There are 8 home inspectors on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.8 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Lake County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 16,857 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $24K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Lake County. Population estimates put the population change in Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 69 | 77 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 16,857 | 25,596 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,349 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $80,925 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $178K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 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
- 1
- Amount
- $24K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 232,217−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 101,144
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,012
- Median household income
- $80,925+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,598
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 94,546
- Daytime population
- 209,868Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Lake County marked.
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 Lake 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 estate45
- Real estate agents and brokers47
- Property management62
- Mortgage brokers and lenders51
- Home inspectors37
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Lake County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 home inspectors in Lake County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Lake County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $14,349 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 31% 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 101,144 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, OH compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Lake 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 69, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Lake County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,857 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 232,217 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 101,144 households. The median household income in Lake County is $80,925 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Lake County scores 37 for home inspectors (lower middle), #314 of 415 scored counties.
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