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Home inspectors in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area
How the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #28 of 243 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 98
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 103
- −21.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $34.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $21,227 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
- 4,161,883
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area comes to about $34.1B a year: $21,227 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. 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.
The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area has 98 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 103 businesses with payroll in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area classed as building inspection services, down 21.4% from 2019. That is one for every 15,617 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $635K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area.
Population estimates show the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area grew 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area is 70 (upper middle), #28 of 243 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 133 | 119 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 15,617 | 14,735 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −21.4% | −10.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $21,227 | $19,779 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $115,177 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 103−21.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 314
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 983 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 130The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $635K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,161,883+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,608,596
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,870 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 692
- Median household income
- $115,177+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $158,706
- Median home value
- $717,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,129,194
- Daytime population
- 4,229,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 74 | 8 | 0.7 | 103 | +2.7% | #20 of 243 |
| 2Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 70 | 98 | 0.6 | 133 | +3.3% | #28 of 243 |
| 3Kennewick-Richland, WA | 64 | 10 | 0.9 | 77 | +6.5% | #50 of 243 |
| 4Bellingham, WA | 63 | 5 | 0.5 | 130 | +3.9% | #52 of 243 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 57 | 66 | 0.7 | 114 | +1.0% | #78 of 243 |
| 5Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 56 | 15 | 0.6 | 107 | +3.5% | #83 of 243 |
| 6Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 50 | 5 | 1.1 | 66 | +5.0% | #128 of 243 |
| 7Yakima, WA | 48 | 7 | 0.8 | 80 | +1.0% | #138 of 243 |
| 8Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 44 | 12 | 1.0 | 71 | +2.8% | #153 of 243 |
Other business types in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 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 estate49
- Real estate agents and brokers50
- Property management55
- Mortgage brokers and lenders41
- Home inspectors70
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 98 home inspectors in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, down 21.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $34.1B a year, or $21,227 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 98 home inspectors on map listings, 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,608,596 households in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 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 U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area would have about 130, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,617 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 21.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area at 4,161,883 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,608,596 households. The median household income in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area is $115,177 a year, 43% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.6% 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area scores 70 for home inspectors (upper middle), #28 of 243 scored metro areas.
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