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Home inspectors in the Spartanburg, SC metro area
The home inspectors in the Spartanburg, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #14 of 243 scored metro areas
#1 of 7 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,213 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 155
- 55% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 407,656
- +14.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Spartanburg metro area is 77 (high), #14 of 243 scored metro areas and #1 of 7 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home inspectors.
At $14,213 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Spartanburg metro area spend about $2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 55% 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.
There are 5 home inspectors on map listings in the Spartanburg metro area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.3 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Spartanburg metro area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 28,657 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Spartanburg metro area grew 14.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Spartanburg 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.
| Measure | Spartanburg metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 155 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 28,657 | 18,743 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,213 | $14,791 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,382 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 407,656+14.3% since 2020
- Households
- 143,283
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,322 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 283
- Median household income
- $64,382
- Average household income
- $85,260
- Median home value
- $225,000
- Jobs located here
- 167,419
- Daytime population
- 371,898Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →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 Spartanburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spartanburg, SC | 77 | 5 | 0.3 | 155 | +14.3% | #14 of 243 |
| 2Columbia, SC | 72 | 13 | 0.4 | 146 | +6.0% | #23 of 243 |
| 3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 63 | 19 | 0.5 | 115 | +9.0% | #53 of 243 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 55 | 18 | 0.8 | 72 | +4.7% | #98 of 243 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 53 | 78 | 0.7 | 85 | +10.1% | #111 of 243 |
| 4Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 53 | 30 | 0.9 | 69 | +10.7% | #112 of 243 |
| 5Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 44 | 10 | 1.0 | 59 | +12.0% | #156 of 243 |
| 6Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 30 | 20 | 1.3 | 43 | +20.9% | #217 of 243 |
| 7Florence, SC | 25 | 6 | 0.8 | 68 | +0.9% | #232 of 243 |
Other business types in the Spartanburg 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 estate65
- Real estate agents and brokers60
- Property management73
- Mortgage brokers and lenders71
- Home inspectors77
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Spartanburg, SC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 home inspectors in the Spartanburg metro area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Spartanburg, SC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2B a year, or $14,213 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 55% 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 143,283 households in the Spartanburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Spartanburg, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Spartanburg metro area has 0.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 155, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Spartanburg metro area would have about 8, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 28,657 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Spartanburg, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Spartanburg metro area at 407,656 people in 2025, up 14.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,283 households. The median household income in the Spartanburg metro area is $64,382 a year, 20% 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 Spartanburg metro area scores 77 for home inspectors (high), #14 of 243 scored metro areas.
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