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Home inspectors in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area

How the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #96 of 243 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in South Dakota

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.8B
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,546 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
75
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
314,638
+9.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home inspectors in the Sioux Falls metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

At $14,546 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Sioux Falls metro area spend about $1.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 25% 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.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Sioux Falls metro area in 2023. That is one for every 20,420 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Sioux Falls metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, the Sioux Falls metro area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #96 of 243 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in South Dakota.

How the Sioux Falls metro area compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureSioux Falls metro areaSouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7584100
Households per official establishment20,42030,46217,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,546$13,945$16,661
Median household income$82,754$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score5547

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$480K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
314,638+9.5% since 2020
Households
122,517
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,058 sq. mi.
People per square mile
98
Median household income
$82,754
Average household income
$108,829
Median home value
$295,900
Jobs located here
172,822
Daytime population
308,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area?

There are 9 home inspectors on map listings in the Sioux Falls metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.8B a year, or $14,546 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 25% 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 122,517 households in the Sioux Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Sioux Falls metro area has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 75, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Sioux Falls metro area would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,420 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Sioux Falls metro area at 314,638 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 122,517 households. Median household income in the Sioux Falls metro area is $82,754, 3% above 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 Sioux Falls metro area scores 55 for home inspectors (upper middle), #96 of 243 scored metro areas.

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