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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area

The mortgage brokers and lenders in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #124 of 373 scored metro areas
#8 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
65
18 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
35
−5.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.1B
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,192 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
121
21% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
544,949
+6.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 65 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area comes to about $3.1B a year: $15,192 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 21% 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 35 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019. That is one for every 5,761 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is 57 (upper middle), #124 of 373 scored metro areas and #8 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.25.34.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)12174100
Households per official establishment5,7613,5104,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.7%+22.5%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,192$15,326$16,661
Median household income$75,967$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5736

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35−5.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
193
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6518 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
79The 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
544,949+6.5% since 2020
Households
201,632
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,669 sq. mi.
People per square mile
314
Median household income
$75,967+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,236
Median home value
$286,000
Jobs located here
205,446
Daytime population
517,822Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area marked.

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

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Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area?

The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 65 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $3.1B a year, or $15,192 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 65 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 21% 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 201,632 households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 3.2 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 121, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area would have about 79, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,761 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area at 544,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,632 households. The median household income in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is $75,967 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 57 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #124 of 373 scored metro areas.

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