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Home inspectors in Aiken County, SC
How Aiken County, SC 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #234 of 415 scored counties
#9 of 12 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,786 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 66
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,515
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 home inspectors in Aiken County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Aiken County comes to about $1B a year: $14,786 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 34% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Aiken County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Aiken County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Aiken County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #234 of 415 scored counties and #9 of 12 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Aiken County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Aiken County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 66 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,743 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,786 | $14,791 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,609 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 48 |
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
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Aiken 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 Aiken County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,515+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 69,916
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,071 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $70,609+37.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,371
- Median home value
- $218,000
- Jobs located here
- 65,453
- Daytime population
- 171,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spartanburg County, SC | 74 | 5 | 0.4 | 144 | +15.6% | #35 of 415 |
| 2Lexington County, SC | 70 | 5 | 0.4 | 141 | +7.7% | #57 of 415 |
| 3Richland County, SC | 69 | 6 | 0.4 | 155 | +4.6% | #63 of 415 |
| 4Greenville County, SC | 59 | 13 | 0.6 | 100 | +10.6% | #127 of 415 |
| 5Charleston County, SC | 57 | 17 | 0.9 | 66 | +6.4% | #143 of 415 |
| 6Dorchester County, SC | 55 | 5 | 0.8 | 74 | +10.1% | #162 of 415 |
| 7York County, SC | 54 | 9 | 0.8 | 79 | +8.1% | #171 of 415 |
| 8Berkeley County, SC | 53 | 8 | 0.9 | 69 | +18.7% | #178 of 415 |
| 9Aiken County, SC | 46 | 6 | 0.9 | 66 | +7.3% | #234 of 415 |
| 10Beaufort County, SC | 43 | 9 | 1.1 | 57 | +8.9% | #265 of 415 |
Other business types in Aiken 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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers52
- Property management77
- Mortgage brokers and lenders70
- Home inspectors46
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Aiken County, SC?
There are 6 home inspectors on map listings in Aiken County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Aiken County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Aiken County, SC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1B a year, or $14,786 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 34% 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 69,916 households in Aiken County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aiken County, SC compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Aiken County has 0.9 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 66, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Aiken County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Aiken County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Aiken County at 181,515 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,916 households. Median household income in Aiken County is $70,609, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.4%, 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. Aiken County scores 46 for home inspectors (lower middle), #234 of 415 scored counties.
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