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Home inspectors in Providence County, RI
How Providence County, RI 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #54 of 415 scored counties
The only scored county in Rhode Island
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,894 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 294
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.2
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 678,179
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $17,894 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Providence County spend about $4.6B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 2.9 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
Providence County has 6 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.2, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Providence County in 2023. That is one for every 15,248 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Providence County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Providence County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #54 of 415 scored counties and the only scored county in Rhode Island. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Providence County compares
The same measures for Rhode Island 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 | Providence County | Rhode Island | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 294 | 197 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 15,248 | 13,799 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +1.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,894 | $18,750 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $78,787 | $87,796 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Providence 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 Providence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 678,179+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 259,210
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 410 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,624
- Median household income
- $78,787+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,369
- Median home value
- $373,600
- Jobs located here
- 293,972
- Daytime population
- 648,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers59
- Property management56
- Mortgage brokers and lenders54
- Home inspectors70
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Questions
How many home inspectors are in Providence County, RI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 home inspectors in Providence County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Providence County, RI spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.6B a year, or $17,894 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 2.9 times 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 259,210 households in Providence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Providence County, RI compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Providence County has 0.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 294, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Providence County would have about 18, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,248 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Providence County, RI growing?
Population estimates put Providence County at 678,179 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 259,210 households. The median household income in Providence County is $78,787 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Providence County scores 70 for home inspectors (upper middle), #54 of 415 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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