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Home inspectors in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area

The home inspectors in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #71 of 243 scored metro areas
#2 of 7 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
65
2 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
45
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,131 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
78
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,197,416
+8.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area comes to about $13.4B a year: $16,131 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 22% 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.

The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area has 65 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 3%, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.8 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area in 2023. That is one for every 18,425 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $931K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area grew 8.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #71 of 243 scored metro areas and #2 of 7 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin 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.

Home inspectors in Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureNashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.70.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7884100
Households per official establishment18,42524,55917,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a0.0%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.7%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,131$14,833$16,661
Median household income$85,447$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5948

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
45
Employees, 2023
497
Annual payroll, 2023
$32M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
652 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$931K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin 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 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,197,416+8.7% since 2020
Households
829,134
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
6,302 sq. mi.
People per square mile
330
Median household income
$85,447
Average household income
$117,563
Median home value
$409,600
Jobs located here
1,132,736
Daytime population
2,203,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Memphis, TN-MS-AR68180.3162−0.3%#32 of 243
2Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN59650.878+8.7%#71 of 243
3Knoxville, TN56280.777+6.9%#88 of 243
4Clarksville, TN-KY55110.962+8.5%#100 of 243
5Chattanooga, TN-GA43281.247+5.3%#162 of 243
6Johnson City, TN3470.867+4.3%#190 of 243
7Cleveland, TN3451.054+6.1%#192 of 243

Other business types in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 65 home inspectors in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $13.4B a year, or $16,131 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 65 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 22% 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 829,134 households in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 78, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area would have about 51, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,425 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area at 2,197,416 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 829,134 households. The median household income in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area is $85,447 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area scores 59 for home inspectors (upper middle), #71 of 243 scored metro areas.

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