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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Sarasota County, FL

How Sarasota County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #607 of 887 scored counties
#25 of 39 scored counties in Florida

Listings
116
16 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
65
+25.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,038 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
75
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
479,958
+10.0% 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

Households in Sarasota County spend about $3.4B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $16,038 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 25% 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.

Sarasota County has 116 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Sarasota County was 65 in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,265 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Sarasota County grew 10.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, Sarasota County has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #607 of 887 scored counties and #25 of 39 scored counties in Florida.

How Sarasota County 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 Sarasota County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureSarasota CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.55.34.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7574100
Households per official establishment3,2653,5104,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+25.0%+22.5%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.0%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,038$15,326$16,661
Median household income$83,416$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4136

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
52 → 65+25.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
241
Annual payroll, 2023
$21.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11616 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
87The 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 Sarasota County, 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 Sarasota County

Population, 2025 estimate
479,958+10.0% since 2020
Households
212,204
Median age
54.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
556 sq. mi.
People per square mile
826
Median household income
$83,416+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,732
Median home value
$411,800
Jobs located here
194,397
Daytime population
481,661Residents 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 counties in Florida for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Florida, with Sarasota County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties 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
1Sumter County, FL8391.3302+21.1%#15 of 887
2Citrus County, FL74111.5228+11.1%#73 of 887
3Santa Rosa County, FL72182.5168+11.7%#96 of 887
4Highlands County, FL7151.1321+9.7%#100 of 887
5Lake County, FL71392.4161+18.1%#108 of 887
6St. Lucie County, FL67332.4157+21.4%#148 of 887
7Marion County, FL65452.7130+17.3%#175 of 887
8Pasco County, FL64662.8138+19.1%#191 of 887
9Polk County, FL64893.1120+19.8%#194 of 887
10Clay County, FL63253.0136+9.4%#205 of 887
25Sarasota County, FL411165.575+10.0%#607 of 887

Other business types in Sarasota County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Sarasota County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 116 mortgage brokers and lenders in Sarasota County. 16 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Sarasota County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $3.4B a year, or $16,038 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 116 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 25% 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 212,204 households in Sarasota County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sarasota County, FL compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

Sarasota County has 5.5 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 75, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Sarasota County would have about 87, against 116 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,265 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Sarasota County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Sarasota County at 479,958 people in 2025, up 10.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 212,204 households. Median household income in Sarasota County is $83,416, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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. Sarasota County scores 41 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #607 of 887 scored counties.

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