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Home inspectors in Anderson County, SC
How Anderson County, SC 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,382 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 153
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 219,930
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 home inspectors in Anderson County. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $14,382 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Anderson County spend about $1.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 53% 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.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Anderson County in 2023. That is one for every 27,968 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anderson County grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 home inspectors on map listings, Anderson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Anderson 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 | Anderson County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 153 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 27,968 | 18,743 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,382 | $14,791 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,651 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $954K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Anderson 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 Anderson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 219,930+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 83,904
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 295
- Median household income
- $66,651+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,043
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 74,539
- Daytime population
- 189,213Residents 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 |
| Anderson County, SC | Not scored | 3 | 0.4 | 153 | +7.7% |
Other business types in Anderson 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 estate53
- Real estate agents and brokers55
- Property management67
- Mortgage brokers and lenders54
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Anderson County, SC?
There are 3 home inspectors on map listings in Anderson County as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Anderson County, SC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $14,382 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 53% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,904 households in Anderson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anderson County, SC compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Anderson County has 0.4 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 153, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Anderson County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 27,968 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Anderson County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Anderson County at 219,930 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,904 households. Median household income in Anderson County is $66,651, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Anderson County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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