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Home inspectors in Hamilton County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Hamilton County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #294 of 415 scored counties
#10 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 24
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,446 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 38
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 390,833
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 home inspectors in Hamilton County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $15,446 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Hamilton County spend about $2.4B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 62% 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 9 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Hamilton County in 2023. That is one for every 17,131 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hamilton County grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Hamilton County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #294 of 415 scored counties and #10 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Hamilton 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 | Hamilton County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 38 | 84 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 17,131 | 24,559 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,446 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $76,183 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 126
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 240 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 390,833+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 154,181
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 542 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 694
- Median household income
- $76,183+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,083
- Median home value
- $312,800
- Jobs located here
- 213,237
- Daytime population
- 429,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Hamilton County marked.
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 Hamilton 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 estate40
- Real estate agents and brokers45
- Property management50
- Mortgage brokers and lenders37
- Home inspectors40
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Hamilton County, TN?
Hamilton County has 24 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Hamilton County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.4B a year, or $15,446 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 24 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 62% 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 154,181 households in Hamilton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hamilton County, TN compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Hamilton County has 1.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 38, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Hamilton County would have about 9, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,131 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Hamilton County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Hamilton County at 390,833 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 154,181 households. Median household income in Hamilton County is $76,183, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, 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. Hamilton County scores 40 for home inspectors (lower middle), #294 of 415 scored counties.
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