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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Merrimack County, NH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in Merrimack County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #17 of 887 scored counties
#2 of 8 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 11
- 4 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,302 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 274
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,078
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For mortgage brokers and lenders, Merrimack County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #17 of 887 scored counties and #2 of 8 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for mortgage brokers and lenders.
Households in Merrimack County spend about $1.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $19,302 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.7 times 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 11 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Merrimack County as of September 2026. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 58% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Merrimack County classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders. That is one for every 12,180 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Merrimack County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Merrimack County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Merrimack County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 274 | 113 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 12,180 | 5,244 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.0% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,302 | $19,755 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $97,004 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Merrimack 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 Merrimack County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,078+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 60,901
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 933 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 167
- Median household income
- $97,004+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,673
- Median home value
- $367,600
- Jobs located here
- 83,058
- Daytime population
- 159,180Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Strafford County, NH | 84 | 12 | 2.3 | 212 | +3.0% | #11 of 887 |
| 2Merrimack County, NH | 83 | 11 | 1.8 | 274 | +2.6% | #17 of 887 |
| 3Grafton County, NH | 80 | 5 | 1.3 | 360 | +2.2% | #32 of 887 |
| 4Cheshire County, NH | 78 | 6 | 2.0 | 238 | +2.3% | #43 of 887 |
| 5Carroll County, NH | 78 | 5 | 2.3 | 208 | +5.0% | #46 of 887 |
| 6Belknap County, NH | 67 | 8 | 3.0 | 159 | +2.1% | #147 of 887 |
| 7Hillsborough County, NH | 45 | 102 | 6.0 | 86 | +2.5% | #533 of 887 |
| 8Rockingham County, NH | 44 | 100 | 7.8 | 70 | +3.0% | #558 of 887 |
Other business types in Merrimack County
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 estate56
- Real estate agents and brokers59
- Property management68
- Mortgage brokers and lenders83
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Merrimack County, NH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 mortgage brokers and lenders in Merrimack County. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in Merrimack County, NH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $19,302 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 11 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.7 times 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 60,901 households in Merrimack County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merrimack County, NH compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Merrimack County has 1.8 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 274, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Merrimack County would have about 30, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,180 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Merrimack County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Merrimack County at 158,078 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,901 households. Median household income in Merrimack County is $97,004, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Merrimack County scores 83 for mortgage brokers and lenders (high), #17 of 887 scored counties.
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