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Home inspectors in Davidson County, TN
How Davidson County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #49 of 415 scored counties
#1 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,727 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 122
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 745,904
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Davidson County spend about $5.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,727 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 22% 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.
Davidson County has 16 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Davidson County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 36,101 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $885K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Davidson County.
Population estimates put the population change in Davidson County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Davidson County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #49 of 415 scored counties and #1 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Davidson County 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 | Davidson County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 122 | 84 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 36,101 | 24,559 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,727 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $77,853 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $885K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Davidson 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 Davidson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 745,904+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 324,907
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 504 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,421
- Median household income
- $77,853+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,747
- Median home value
- $417,400
- Jobs located here
- 594,502
- Daytime population
- 954,372Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Davidson County, TN | 71 | 16 | 0.5 | 122 | +4.2% | #49 of 415 |
| 2Shelby County, TN | 62 | 13 | 0.4 | 156 | −2.1% | #107 of 415 |
| 3Rutherford County, TN | 61 | 10 | 0.8 | 78 | +12.6% | #116 of 415 |
| 4Knox County, TN | 51 | 21 | 1.0 | 56 | +6.5% | #194 of 415 |
| 5Montgomery County, TN | 49 | 8 | 0.9 | 62 | +13.0% | #208 of 415 |
| 6Williamson County, TN | 47 | 13 | 1.4 | 53 | +9.0% | #225 of 415 |
| 7Sumner County, TN | 46 | 9 | 1.1 | 54 | +9.2% | #238 of 415 |
| 8Wilson County, TN | 43 | 8 | 1.4 | 47 | +17.8% | #267 of 415 |
| 9Blount County, TN | 42 | 5 | 0.9 | 65 | +6.0% | #270 of 415 |
| 10Hamilton County, TN | 40 | 24 | 1.6 | 38 | +6.2% | #294 of 415 |
Other business types in Davidson 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 estate37
- Real estate agents and brokers42
- Property management33
- Mortgage brokers and lenders53
- Home inspectors71
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Davidson County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 home inspectors in Davidson County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Davidson County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $5.1B a year, or $15,727 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 16 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 22% 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 324,907 households in Davidson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Davidson County, TN compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Davidson County has 0.5 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 122, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Davidson County would have about 20, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 36,101 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Davidson County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Davidson County at 745,904 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 324,907 households. The median household income in Davidson County is $77,853 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Davidson County scores 71 for home inspectors (upper middle), #49 of 415 scored counties.
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