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Home inspectors in Richmond city, VA
The home inspectors in Richmond city, VA, 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,727 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 585
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 237,257
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $14,727 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Richmond city spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
Richmond city has 1 home inspector on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.1 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Richmond city, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Richmond city grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 home inspector on map listings, Richmond city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Richmond city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Richmond city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 585 | 137 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,143 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.9% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,727 | $16,844 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,587 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Richmond city, 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 Richmond city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 237,257+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 104,321
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 44%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 60 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,827
- Median household income
- $64,587+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,266
- Median home value
- $353,000
- Jobs located here
- 174,706
- Daytime population
- 296,295Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Richmond city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fairfax County, VA | 78 | 20 | 0.5 | 162 | +1.7% | #19 of 415 |
| 2Chesterfield County, VA | 73 | 6 | 0.4 | 153 | +8.7% | #42 of 415 |
| 3Loudoun County, VA | 71 | 10 | 0.7 | 120 | +6.4% | #50 of 415 |
| 4Arlington County, VA | 70 | 7 | 0.6 | 121 | +2.1% | #59 of 415 |
| 5Henrico County, VA | 69 | 6 | 0.4 | 144 | +2.3% | #65 of 415 |
| 6Prince William County, VA | 67 | 11 | 0.7 | 105 | +4.2% | #78 of 415 |
| 7Chesapeake city, VA | 44 | 9 | 1.0 | 66 | +2.3% | #254 of 415 |
| 8Virginia Beach city, VA | 43 | 13 | 0.7 | 87 | −1.3% | #263 of 415 |
| 9Newport News city, VA | 34 | 5 | 0.7 | 84 | −1.5% | #326 of 415 |
| Richmond city, VA | Not scored | 1 | 0.1 | 585 | +4.6% |
Other business types in Richmond city
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 estate32
- Real estate agents and brokers36
- Property management29
- Mortgage brokers and lenders45
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Richmond city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 home inspector in Richmond city. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Richmond city: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Richmond city, VA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $14,727 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 104,321 households in Richmond city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richmond city, VA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Richmond city has 1 home inspector on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Richmond city would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Richmond city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Richmond city at 237,257 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,321 households. The median household income in Richmond city is $64,587 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.7% 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. Richmond city has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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