Tampa, FL · Home Inspectors

Home Inspectors in Tampa, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 168 building inspection services in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area in 2023, employing 323 people with $15.7 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

168

7th most of 288 US metro areas

People employed

323

1.9 per business, against 3.8 across all metros

Annual payroll

$15.7 million

$48,576 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

97%

of businesses, against 90% across all metros

Change since 2022

+6.3%

in the number of businesses (158 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Tampa.

  • Tampa is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for building inspection services, 7th of 288.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 1.9 employees each, against 3.8 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $48,576 per employee a year, against $63,676.
  • The market grew: 10 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps home inspectors in Tampa.

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 Tampa

How many building inspection services are there in Tampa?

168 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 323 people and paid $15.7 million in annual payroll.

Is the Tampa market for home inspectors growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 158 to 168 (+6.3%).

What does VERA do for home inspectors in Tampa?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Tampa 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 Tampa 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.

See what VERA can do for your business.

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