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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Gainesville, FL metro area
How the Gainesville, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 373 scored metro areas
#7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 42
- 7 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,358 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 125
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 359,036
- +5.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Gainesville metro area. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 17%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
At $14,358 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Gainesville metro area spend about $2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 25% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Gainesville metro area in 2023. That is one for every 8,906 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Gainesville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, the Gainesville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #100 of 373 scored metro areas and #7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Gainesville metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Gainesville metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 125 | 74 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 8,906 | 3,510 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.5% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,358 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,468 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 427 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Gainesville 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 Gainesville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 359,036+5.4% since 2020
- Households
- 142,499
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,344 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $61,468+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,169
- Median home value
- $266,200
- Jobs located here
- 152,641
- Daytime population
- 368,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 85 | 9 | 1.3 | 302 | +21.1% | #2 of 373 |
| 2Homosassa Springs, FL | 72 | 11 | 1.5 | 228 | +11.1% | #23 of 373 |
| 3Sebring, FL | 71 | 5 | 1.1 | 321 | +9.7% | #27 of 373 |
| 4Tallahassee, FL | 64 | 38 | 2.4 | 154 | +3.1% | #65 of 373 |
| 5Ocala, FL | 63 | 45 | 2.7 | 130 | +17.3% | #75 of 373 |
| 6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 63 | 89 | 3.1 | 120 | +19.8% | #77 of 373 |
| 7Gainesville, FL | 60 | 42 | 2.9 | 125 | +5.4% | #100 of 373 |
| 8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 57 | 65 | 3.2 | 121 | +6.5% | #124 of 373 |
| 9Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 55 | 34 | 3.9 | 99 | +15.7% | #148 of 373 |
| 10Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 52 | 105 | 4.1 | 98 | +9.1% | #168 of 373 |
Other business types in the Gainesville 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 estate42
- Real estate agents and brokers41
- Property management43
- Mortgage brokers and lenders60
- Home inspectors35
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Gainesville, FL metro area?
There are 42 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Gainesville metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in the Gainesville, FL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2B a year, or $14,358 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 42 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 25% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 142,499 households in the Gainesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gainesville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Gainesville metro area has 2.9 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 125, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Gainesville metro area would have about 52, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,906 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gainesville, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gainesville metro area at 359,036 people in 2025, up 5.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 142,499 households. The median household income in the Gainesville metro area is $61,468 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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 Gainesville metro area scores 60 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #100 of 373 scored metro areas.
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