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Home inspectors in Harris County, TX
How Harris County, TX 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #187 of 415 scored counties
#13 of 23 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 150
- 3 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 110
- +1.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,567 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 69
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,045,026
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Harris County comes to about $27.4B a year: $15,567 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 31% 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.
Harris County has 150 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, 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 show 110 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Harris County in 2023, up 1.9% from 2019. That is one for every 15,974 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $90K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Harris County.
Population estimates put the population change in Harris County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Harris County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #187 of 415 scored counties and #13 of 23 scored counties in Texas.
How Harris 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 | Harris County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 69 | 94 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 15,974 | 17,149 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.9% | +17.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,567 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $74,983 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 108 → 110+1.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,062
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $80.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1503 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $90K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Harris 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 Harris County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,045,026+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,757,164
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,834
- Median household income
- $74,983+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,440
- Median home value
- $276,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,547,424
- Daytime population
- 5,303,910Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Texas, with Harris County marked.
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 |
| 13Harris County, TX | 52 | 150 | 0.9 | 69 | +6.6% | #187 of 415 |
Other business types in Harris 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 brokers45
- Property management46
- Mortgage brokers and lenders50
- Home inspectors52
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Harris County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 150 home inspectors in Harris County. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 110 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, up 1.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Harris County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $27.4B a year, or $15,567 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 150 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 31% 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 1,757,164 households in Harris County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harris County, TX compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Harris 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 69, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Harris County would have about 104, against 150 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,974 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Harris County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Harris County at 5,045,026 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,757,164 households. The median household income in Harris County is $74,983 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. Harris County scores 52 for home inspectors (upper middle), #187 of 415 scored counties.
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