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Home inspectors in Montgomery County, TN
How Montgomery 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #208 of 415 scored counties
#5 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,848 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 62
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 249,935
- +13.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $14,848 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Montgomery County spend about $1.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 38% 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.
Montgomery County has 8 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Montgomery County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montgomery County grew 13.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Montgomery County is 49 (lower middle), #208 of 415 scored counties and #5 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Montgomery 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 | Montgomery County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 62 | 84 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 24,559 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,848 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $75,613 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 249,935+13.0% since 2020
- Households
- 87,759
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 539 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 434
- Median household income
- $75,613+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,158
- Median home value
- $280,200
- Jobs located here
- 60,154
- Daytime population
- 210,460Residents 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 Montgomery 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 estate44
- Real estate agents and brokers47
- Property management47
- Mortgage brokers and lenders52
- Home inspectors49
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Montgomery County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 home inspectors in Montgomery County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Montgomery County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Montgomery County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.3B a year, or $14,848 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 38% 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 87,759 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, TN compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Montgomery County has 0.9 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 62, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Montgomery County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 249,935 people in 2025, up 13.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,759 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $75,613 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. Montgomery County scores 49 for home inspectors (lower middle), #208 of 415 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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