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Home inspectors in Ottawa County, OH
How Ottawa County, OH compares with other counties 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $260.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,088 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 50
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 39,481
- −2.0% since 2020
See the home inspectors around any address in Ottawa County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home inspectors in Ottawa County. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.
At $14,088 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Ottawa County spend about $260.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money home inspectors take in.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Ottawa County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ottawa County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home inspectors on map listings, Ottawa County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ottawa 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 | Ottawa County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 50 | 77 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 25,596 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,088 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $76,101 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,481−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 18,504
- Median age
- 49.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 255 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $76,101+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,812
- Median home value
- $219,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,612
- Daytime population
- 34,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ottawa County?
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Ottawa 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 |
| Ottawa County, OH | Not scored | 2 | 1.1 | 50 | −2.0% |
Other business types in Ottawa 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
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Ottawa County, OH?
There are 2 home inspectors on map listings in Ottawa County as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Ottawa County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ottawa County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $260.7M a year, or $14,088 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 18,504 households in Ottawa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ottawa County, OH compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Ottawa County has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Ottawa County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Ottawa County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ottawa County at 39,481 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,504 households. Median household income in Ottawa County is $76,101, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Ottawa County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Ottawa County. It maps the home inspectors on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for home inspectors · All 56 business types in Ottawa County
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