Boston, MA · Home Inspectors
Home Inspectors in Boston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 69 building inspection services in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area in 2023, employing 262 people with $21.4 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
69
23rd most of 288 US metro areas
262
3.8 per business, against 3.8 across all metros
$21.4 million
$81,656 per employee
90%
of businesses, against 90% across all metros
-2.8%
in the number of businesses (71 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Boston.
- Boston is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of building inspection services, 23rd of 288.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 3.8 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $81,656 per employee a year, against $63,676.
- The count fell by 2 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps home inspectors in Boston.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Quotes from your fee schedule
Base fees, age and size adjustments, and add-on services priced from your own templates. The buyer accepts and pays from a link on their phone.
Booking that respects your day
A booking page with your inspection types that offers only times you are free, including busy time in a connected Google Calendar. Each booking arrives as a request for you to confirm.
A receptionist agents can reach
Your business number for calls and texts, answered by Vera from your service area, services, and policies. Urgent calls are put through to you.
Questions
Home Inspectors in Boston
How many building inspection services are there in Boston?
69 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 262 people and paid $21.4 million in annual payroll.
Is the Boston market for home inspectors growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 71 to 69 (-2.8%).
What does VERA do for home inspectors in Boston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Boston business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Home Inspectors in other markets
Other Boston markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is building inspection services, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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