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Home inspectors in the Ogden, UT metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in the Ogden, UT metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #19 of 243 scored metro areas
#2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,537 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 133
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 672,784
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Ogden metro area is 74 (upper middle), #19 of 243 scored metro areas and #2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home inspectors.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 home inspectors in the Ogden metro area. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Ogden metro area comes to about $4.2B a year: $19,537 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 33% 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.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Ogden metro area in 2023. That is one for every 17,819 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $8,000 has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Ogden metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ogden metro area grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Ogden metro area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Ogden metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 133 | 93 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 17,819 | 11,840 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,537 | $19,198 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $101,203 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $8,000
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Ogden 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 Ogden metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 672,784+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 213,829
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 423
- Median household income
- $101,203
- Average household income
- $122,628
- Median home value
- $471,500
- Jobs located here
- 256,321
- Daytime population
- 600,855Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Utah for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Utah, with the Ogden metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 75 | 15 | 0.7 | 103 | +14.5% | #18 of 243 |
| 2Ogden, UT | 74 | 12 | 0.6 | 133 | +5.3% | #19 of 243 |
| 3Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 56 | 37 | 0.8 | 90 | +3.8% | #85 of 243 |
| 4St. George, UT | 43 | 8 | 1.1 | 60 | +17.4% | #161 of 243 |
Other business types in the Ogden metro area
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 estate55
- Real estate agents and brokers58
- Property management60
- Mortgage brokers and lenders38
- Home inspectors74
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Ogden, UT metro area?
There are 12 home inspectors on map listings in the Ogden metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Ogden, UT metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.2B a year, or $19,537 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 33% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 213,829 households in the Ogden metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ogden, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Ogden metro area has 0.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 133, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Ogden metro area would have about 16, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,819 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ogden, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ogden metro area at 672,784 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 213,829 households. Median household income in the Ogden metro area is $101,203, 25% 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 Ogden metro area scores 74 for home inspectors (upper middle), #19 of 243 scored metro areas.
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