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Home inspectors in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area

The home inspectors in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #217 of 243 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
20
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,379 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
43
57% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
427,551
+20.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #217 of 243 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 home inspectors in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area spend about $2.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,379 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 57% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 8,821 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area grew 20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area 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.

Home inspectors in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureMyrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.30.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)4389100
Households per official establishment8,82118,74317,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.0%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,379$14,791$16,661
Median household income$66,880$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score3048

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
200 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$15K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
427,551+20.9% since 2020
Households
158,779
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,133 sq. mi.
People per square mile
338
Median household income
$66,880
Average household income
$87,740
Median home value
$287,700
Jobs located here
142,324
Daytime population
375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for home inspectors, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Spartanburg, SC7750.3155+14.3%#14 of 243
2Columbia, SC72130.4146+6.0%#23 of 243
3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC63190.5115+9.0%#53 of 243
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC55180.872+4.7%#98 of 243
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC53780.785+10.1%#111 of 243
4Charleston-North Charleston, SC53300.969+10.7%#112 of 243
5Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC44101.059+12.0%#156 of 243
6Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC30201.343+20.9%#217 of 243
7Florence, SC2560.868+0.9%#232 of 243

Other business types in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area

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Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?

There are 20 home inspectors on map listings in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.3B a year, or $14,379 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 20 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 57% 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 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 1.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 43, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 9, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,821 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 30 for home inspectors (lower middle), #217 of 243 scored metro areas.

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