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Home inspectors in Bell County, TX
The home inspectors in Bell County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,403 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 195
- 95% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 402,248
- +8.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Bell County comes to about $2B a year: $14,403 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 95% 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.
There are 4 home inspectors on map listings in Bell County as of September 2026. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Bell County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 28,461 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bell County grew 8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Bell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Bell County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Bell County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 195 | 94 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 28,461 | 17,149 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,403 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,865 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Bell 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 Bell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 402,248+8.0% since 2020
- Households
- 142,305
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,054 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 367
- Median household income
- $68,865+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,513
- Median home value
- $241,000
- Jobs located here
- 118,827
- Daytime population
- 363,152Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Collin County, TX | 74 | 20 | 0.5 | 148 | +20.6% | #33 of 415 |
| 2Hidalgo County, TX | 65 | 5 | 0.2 | 275 | +5.6% | #85 of 415 |
| 3Denton County, TX | 65 | 25 | 0.7 | 99 | +16.9% | #89 of 415 |
| 4Travis County, TX | 65 | 45 | 0.8 | 86 | +7.2% | #90 of 415 |
| 5Bexar County, TX | 63 | 46 | 0.6 | 94 | +7.2% | #102 of 415 |
| 6Galveston County, TX | 61 | 6 | 0.4 | 145 | +5.9% | #112 of 415 |
| 7Dallas County, TX | 61 | 59 | 0.6 | 99 | +1.9% | #114 of 415 |
| 8Williamson County, TX | 59 | 23 | 0.9 | 75 | +22.3% | #130 of 415 |
| 9Tarrant County, TX | 57 | 61 | 0.8 | 78 | +6.3% | #141 of 415 |
| 10Hays County, TX | 56 | 7 | 0.7 | 89 | +24.8% | #150 of 415 |
| Bell County, TX | Not scored | 4 | 0.3 | 195 | +8.0% |
Other business types in Bell 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 estate42
- Real estate agents and brokers46
- Property management36
- Mortgage brokers and lenders57
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Bell County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home inspectors in Bell County. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Bell County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2B a year, or $14,403 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 95% 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 142,305 households in Bell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bell County, TX compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Bell County has 0.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 195, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Bell County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 28,461 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Bell County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bell County at 402,248 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 142,305 households. The median household income in Bell County is $68,865 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Bell County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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