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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area

The mortgage brokers and lenders in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #359 of 373 scored metro areas
#22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
1,593
264 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
893
+23.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$36.4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,591 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
59
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,391,072
+4.2% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is 28 (lower middle), #359 of 373 scored metro areas and #22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area comes to about $36.4B a year: $15,591 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 41% below 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.

There are 1,593 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 6.8 for every 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area was 893 in 2023, up 23.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,615 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. Population estimates show the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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.

Mortgage brokers and lenders in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.85.34.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)5974100
Households per official establishment2,6153,5104,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.3%+22.5%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,591$15,326$16,661
Median household income$76,527$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score2836

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
893+23.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,082
Annual payroll, 2023
$713.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,593264 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
933The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
9
Amount
$2.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,391,072+4.2% since 2020
Households
2,334,797
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
5,067 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,233
Median household income
$76,527+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,472
Median home value
$443,300
Jobs located here
2,820,583
Daytime population
6,365,054Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL8591.3302+21.1%#2 of 373
2Homosassa Springs, FL72111.5228+11.1%#23 of 373
3Sebring, FL7151.1321+9.7%#27 of 373
4Tallahassee, FL64382.4154+3.1%#65 of 373
5Ocala, FL63452.7130+17.3%#75 of 373
6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL63893.1120+19.8%#77 of 373
7Gainesville, FL60422.9125+5.4%#100 of 373
8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL57653.2121+6.5%#124 of 373
9Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL55343.999+15.7%#148 of 373
10Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL521054.198+9.1%#168 of 373
22Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL281,5936.859+4.2%#359 of 373

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Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,593 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. 264 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 893 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 23.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $36.4B a year, or $15,591 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,593 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 41% below 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,334,797 households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 6.8 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 59, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area would have about 933, against 1,593 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,615 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area at 6,391,072 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,334,797 households. Median household income in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is $76,527, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 28 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #359 of 373 scored metro areas.

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