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| Year | New residential units authorized |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 9,264 |
| 2022 | 10,284 |
| 2023 | 12,953 |
| 2024 | 9,598 |
| 2025 | 9,010 |
Census Building Permits Survey, new privately owned housing units authorized by permit.
The pace of building
The Building Permits Survey recorded 9,264 new residential units authorized in 2021, 10,284 in 2022 and a peak of 12,953 in 2023, then 9,598 in 2024 and 9,010 in 2025. That is a county of 2,429,487 residents by the ACS, and building in Riverside County still runs at a pace that outruns most counties, even after the pullback. The Census population estimates put growth at 3.1 percent between 2020 and 2023.
New homes create customers for trades that never touch a hammer: dentists, insurance agents, accountants, cleaners, landscapers and air-conditioning crews all meet a household that has just arrived. They also bring competition, because each new household attracts a new set of advertisers. This is why growth data belongs in a marketing plan for any Riverside County business.
Every trade, counted
| Trade | Employer locations | Locations per 10,000 people | Density against typical | Small sites, under 10 staff | Large sites, 20 or more staff | Growth since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential remodelers | 763 | 3.1 | 1 times | 88 of 100 | 29 | +36.5 percent |
| Roofing contractors | 168 | 0.7 | 0.8 times | 81 of 100 | 13 | +63.1 percent |
| Electrical contractors | 690 | 2.8 | 1.2 times | 81 of 100 | 70 | +25.7 percent |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 817 | 3.3 | 1 times | 80 of 100 | 79 | +14.7 percent |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 614 | 2.5 | 0.7 times | 93 of 100 | 11 | +5 percent |
| Real estate agents and brokers | 1,235 | 5 | 1.8 times | 98 of 100 | 10 | +44.3 percent |
| Law offices | 545 | 2.2 | 0.7 times | 89 of 100 | 20 | -3.4 percent |
| Accounting and CPA firms | 241 | 1 | 0.7 times | 89 of 100 | 6 | +25.5 percent |
| Janitorial services | 415 | 1.7 | 1 times | 81 of 100 | 29 | +28.9 percent |
| Landscaping services | 692 | 2.8 | 0.8 times | 78 of 100 | 92 | +20.8 percent |
| Physicians offices | 1,397 | 5.6 | 1.4 times | 78 of 100 | 105 | +2.6 percent |
| Dentists | 936 | 3.8 | 1.3 times | 78 of 100 | 31 | +5.4 percent |
| Full-service restaurants | 1,357 | 5.4 | 0.8 times | 40 of 100 | 539 | +9.5 percent |
| General automotive repair | 541 | 2.2 | 0.8 times | 95 of 100 | 4 | +14.4 percent |
| Beauty salons | 410 | 1.6 | 0.9 times | 90 of 100 | 13 | +28.5 percent |
Businesses with payroll, 2022 against 2017, from County Business Patterns; owners working alone are not counted. Density is set against the median county of 20,000 or more residents.
Four positions
Real estate agents and brokers run at 5 locations per 10,000 residents, 1.8 times the typical county, with 1,235 locations. Physicians' offices are 1.4 times, dentists 1.3 times and electrical contractors 1.2 times. In these rows a searcher has many choices, so a specific zone, a specific service and visible reviews matter more than a general promise.
Insurance agencies (0.7 times), accounting firms (0.7 times), law offices (0.7 times) and roofing contractors (0.8 times) sit below the typical density. A business in Riverside County can win a search by being the clear, complete answer. Roofing is also the fastest-growing row, so the room is closing.
Since 2017, roofing grew +63.1 percent, real estate +44.3 percent, residential remodelers +36.5 percent (559 to 763 locations), janitorial services +28.9 percent and beauty salons +28.5 percent. New competitors are still arriving, so an early start on pages and reviews is worth more than a late one.
Locations with 20 or more staff are most common in full-service restaurants (539), physicians' offices (105), landscaping services (92) and plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors (79). Larger businesses tend to buy bigger, steadier marketing programs, and small shops in the same rows face them in search.
Reading it honestly
The fifteen trades are a sample of the county economy, not the whole of it. They do not include the warehouses and distribution centers that define much of the I-215, I-10 and SR-60 belt, the date and vegetable growers of the Coachella and Palo Verde valleys, or the resort and hospitality business behind the desert winter. Those sectors show up in the employment table further down, where accommodation and food services, construction, manufacturing and retail each employ large shares of the county workforce.
The counts are also employer locations only, so owners who work alone do not appear, and a trade that is mostly sole proprietors, such as many roofers and landscapers, will look smaller here than it feels on the street. Treat the rows as a measure of how many established businesses across Riverside County share the search results, and treat growth as a measure of how quickly new ones are joining. Both change how an owner should market, and neither is a verdict on whether to enter a trade.
The households
| Measure | This county | Median California county | Median U.S. county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $84,505 | $77,423 | $60,522 |
| Median home value | $462,900 | $438,000 | $159,500 |
| Median rent | $1,711 | $1,289 | $818 |
| Renter households | 31.5 percent | 38 percent | 26.1 percent |
| Residents 65 and older | 14.8 percent | 16.7 percent | 19.4 percent |
| Commutes of 30 minutes or more | 27.7 percent | 16.8 percent | 14.3 percent |
Survey years 2018 to 2022 (Census ACS). The right-hand columns show the median county of California and of the nation.
Who works here
| Sector | Workers in the sector | Share of all workers |
|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 134,614 | 12.5 percent |
| Retail trade | 132,380 | 12.3 percent |
| Construction | 101,452 | 9.5 percent |
| Education | 88,144 | 8.2 percent |
| Manufacturing | 87,949 | 8.2 percent |
| Accommodation and food services | 86,543 | 8.1 percent |
Census ACS 5-year estimates 2018-2022, workers 16 and older by industry.
Putting it to work
Find your trade in the table. If it is crowded, plan to win one zone and one service at a time. If it is roomy, plan to be the complete answer in the zones you serve before others arrive.
A growing row means new competitors are filing pages and collecting reviews right now. A flat row means the same names hold the results, and a newcomer has to out-publish them.
A janitorial or electrical company sells to the employers in the sector table. A dentist or remodeler sells to the households in the household table. Pick your reader before you pick a channel.
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The table counts employer locations, meaning businesses with payroll. Many roofers work alone or with unreported helpers and do not appear. The count is best read as established roofing companies, and the growth since 2017 shows that number rising quickly, which is why early pages and reviews matter.
More than most. When a row is crowded, a searcher compares many names, so a specific zone, a clear service and visible reviews decide who gets the call. A general page rarely wins against a page that names the exact neighborhood and the type of buyer.
It is not one of the fifteen trades. Warehousing and distribution show up in the sector table and in the county story, but the trade rows are mostly local-service businesses. A marketer in logistics should read the sector table and the roads, and a trade in the rows should read its own line.
As a pullback from a peak, not an end. Riverside County still authorized thousands of homes a year, and every new household needs the services in these rows. The right response is to keep building pages and reviews now, while the rows with the fastest growth are still sorting themselves out.
They describe the shape of the market, not the exact number today. Census releases these counts on a lag, so we treat them as survey years and say so on the page. For a decision that matters, we compare them with current search results and your own records before changing a plan.
Your own, and the row beside it. A one-person business competes against 690 electrical locations or 692 landscaping ones in a very different way than against 241 accounting firms. Start by finding the zone and service where you are clearly the best answer, then publish that page first.
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