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Home inspectors in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area
How the Chattanooga, TN-GA 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #162 of 243 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 28
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,038 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 47
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 594,530
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 home inspectors in the Chattanooga metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Chattanooga metro area comes to about $3.5B a year: $15,038 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 53% 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 11 businesses with payroll in the Chattanooga metro area classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 21,030 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Chattanooga metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Chattanooga metro area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #162 of 243 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Chattanooga metro area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Chattanooga metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 47 | 84 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 21,030 | 24,559 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,038 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $72,161 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 280 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Chattanooga 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 Chattanooga metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 594,530+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 231,335
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,089 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 276
- Median household income
- $72,161+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,295
- Median home value
- $272,400
- Jobs located here
- 258,793
- Daytime population
- 593,840Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Chattanooga metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 68 | 18 | 0.3 | 162 | −0.3% | #32 of 243 |
| 2Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 59 | 65 | 0.8 | 78 | +8.7% | #71 of 243 |
| 3Knoxville, TN | 56 | 28 | 0.7 | 77 | +6.9% | #88 of 243 |
| 4Clarksville, TN-KY | 55 | 11 | 0.9 | 62 | +8.5% | #100 of 243 |
| 5Chattanooga, TN-GA | 43 | 28 | 1.2 | 47 | +5.3% | #162 of 243 |
| 6Johnson City, TN | 34 | 7 | 0.8 | 67 | +4.3% | #190 of 243 |
| 7Cleveland, TN | 34 | 5 | 1.0 | 54 | +6.1% | #192 of 243 |
Other business types in the Chattanooga 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 estate50
- Real estate agents and brokers53
- Property management57
- Mortgage brokers and lenders46
- Home inspectors43
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area?
There are 28 home inspectors on map listings in the Chattanooga metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.5B a year, or $15,038 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 28 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 53% 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 231,335 households in the Chattanooga metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Chattanooga metro area has 1.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 47, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Chattanooga metro area would have about 13, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,030 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Chattanooga metro area at 594,530 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 231,335 households. Median household income in the Chattanooga metro area is $72,161, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. The Chattanooga metro area scores 43 for home inspectors (lower middle), #162 of 243 scored metro areas.
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