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Home inspectors in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area
How the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #78 of 243 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 66
- 6 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 81
- +2.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $19.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,567 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 114
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,542,282
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area spend about $19.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $19,567 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 14% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area has 66 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 9%, 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 the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area was 81 in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 12,472 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $200K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #78 of 243 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Oregon.
How the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 114 | 118 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 12,472 | 15,911 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.7% | −12.9% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,567 | $18,335 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $97,436 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 81+2.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 208
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 666 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $200K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,542,282+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 1,010,265
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6,687 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 377
- Median household income
- $97,436+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,023
- Median home value
- $559,400
- Jobs located here
- 1,264,357
- Daytime population
- 2,561,079Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Salem, OR | 63 | 10 | 0.6 | 108 | +2.7% | #54 of 243 |
| 2Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 57 | 66 | 0.7 | 114 | +1.0% | #78 of 243 |
| 3Bend, OR | 57 | 9 | 0.9 | 84 | +7.0% | #80 of 243 |
| 4Eugene-Springfield, OR | 43 | 11 | 0.7 | 94 | −0.7% | #157 of 243 |
| 5Medford, OR | 42 | 7 | 0.8 | 86 | −0.9% | #163 of 243 |
Other business types in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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 estate44
- Real estate agents and brokers49
- Property management41
- Mortgage brokers and lenders31
- Home inspectors57
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 home inspectors in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 81 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $19.8B a year, or $19,567 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 66 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 14% above 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 1,010,265 households in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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 114, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area would have about 75, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,472 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area at 2,542,282 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,010,265 households. The median household income in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area is $97,436 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area scores 57 for home inspectors (upper middle), #78 of 243 scored metro areas.
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