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Home inspectors in the Richmond, VA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in the Richmond, VA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #12 of 243 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.7B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,247 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 183
- 83% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,389,338
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
For home inspectors, the Richmond metro area has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #12 of 243 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home inspectors.
At $16,247 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Richmond metro area spend about $8.7B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 83% 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.
The Richmond metro area has 18 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Richmond metro area in 2023. That is one for every 21,337 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $600K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Richmond metro area. Population estimates show the Richmond metro area grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Richmond metro area 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 metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 183 | 137 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 21,337 | 22,143 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.9% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,247 | $16,844 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $86,679 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $600K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Richmond 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 Richmond metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,389,338+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 533,430
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 307
- Median household income
- $86,679+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,479
- Median home value
- $353,500
- Jobs located here
- 693,750
- Daytime population
- 1,389,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Richmond metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 78 | 114 | 0.5 | 151 | +3.3% | #10 of 243 |
| 1Richmond, VA | 77 | 18 | 0.3 | 183 | +5.5% | #12 of 243 |
| 2Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 56 | 44 | 0.6 | 97 | +0.9% | #84 of 243 |
| 3Lynchburg, VA | 51 | 5 | 0.5 | 114 | +2.9% | #118 of 243 |
| 4Roanoke, VA | 49 | 7 | 0.5 | 105 | +0.4% | #129 of 243 |
Other business types in the Richmond 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 estate46
- Real estate agents and brokers46
- Property management52
- Mortgage brokers and lenders47
- Home inspectors77
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Richmond, VA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 home inspectors in the Richmond metro area. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Richmond, VA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $8.7B a year, or $16,247 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 18 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 83% 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 533,430 households in the Richmond metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Richmond, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Richmond metro area 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 183, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Richmond metro area would have about 33, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,337 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Richmond, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Richmond metro area at 1,389,338 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 533,430 households. The median household income in the Richmond metro area is $86,679 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. The Richmond metro area scores 77 for home inspectors (high), #12 of 243 scored metro areas.
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