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Home inspectors in Salt Lake County, UT
The home inspectors in Salt Lake County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #139 of 415 scored counties
#4 of 5 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 36
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +9.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $8.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,474 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 88
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,220,916
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $19,474 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Salt Lake County spend about $8.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 12% 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.
Salt Lake County has 36 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.8 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Salt Lake County was 35 in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 12,178 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Salt Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Salt Lake County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #139 of 415 scored counties and #4 of 5 scored counties in Utah.
How Salt Lake County 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 | Salt Lake County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 88 | 93 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 12,178 | 11,840 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.4% | +11.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,474 | $19,198 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $97,494 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 35+9.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 360 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,220,916+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 426,245
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,590
- Median household income
- $97,494+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,987
- Median home value
- $525,700
- Jobs located here
- 775,993
- Daytime population
- 1,357,402Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Davis County, UT | 80 | 7 | 0.6 | 128 | +4.8% | #12 of 415 |
| 2Utah County, UT | 75 | 15 | 0.7 | 102 | +14.5% | #31 of 415 |
| 3Weber County, UT | 69 | 5 | 0.5 | 133 | +5.8% | #66 of 415 |
| 4Salt Lake County, UT | 57 | 36 | 0.8 | 88 | +2.9% | #139 of 415 |
| 5Washington County, UT | 45 | 8 | 1.1 | 60 | +17.4% | #248 of 415 |
Other business types in Salt Lake 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 estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers39
- Property management42
- Mortgage brokers and lenders29
- Home inspectors57
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Salt Lake County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 home inspectors in Salt Lake County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Salt Lake County, UT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $8.3B a year, or $19,474 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 36 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 12% 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 426,245 households in Salt Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salt Lake County, UT compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Salt Lake County 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 88, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Salt Lake County would have about 32, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,178 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Salt Lake County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Salt Lake County at 1,220,916 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 426,245 households. The median household income in Salt Lake County is $97,494 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Salt Lake County scores 57 for home inspectors (upper middle), #139 of 415 scored counties.
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