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Home inspectors in Knox County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Knox County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #194 of 415 scored counties
#4 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 21
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,279 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 56
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 511,453
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Knox County comes to about $3.1B a year: $15,279 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 44% 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.
There are 21 home inspectors on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Knox County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 22,350 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Knox County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Knox County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #194 of 415 scored counties and #4 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Knox 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 | Knox County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 56 | 84 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 22,350 | 24,559 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,279 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $74,222 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $895K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 211 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 511,453+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 201,146
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 972
- Median household income
- $74,222+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,460
- Median home value
- $320,900
- Jobs located here
- 270,203
- Daytime population
- 541,810Residents 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 Knox 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 estate39
- Real estate agents and brokers42
- Property management49
- Mortgage brokers and lenders35
- Home inspectors51
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Knox County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 home inspectors in Knox County. One of them (5%) 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 Knox County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.1B a year, or $15,279 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 21 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 44% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 201,146 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, TN compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Knox County has 1.0 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 56, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Knox County would have about 12, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,350 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 511,453 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,146 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,222 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Knox County scores 51 for home inspectors (upper middle), #194 of 415 scored counties.
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