Real estate · Metro area · North Carolina
Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Fayetteville, NC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Fayetteville, NC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #262 of 373 scored metro areas
#10 of 14 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 56
- 19 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- −9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,967 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 95
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 395,412
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Fayetteville metro area spend about $2.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,967 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 5% 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.
The Fayetteville metro area has 56 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Fayetteville metro area in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 7,096 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fayetteville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Fayetteville metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #262 of 373 scored metro areas and #10 of 14 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Fayetteville metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Fayetteville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 95 | 95 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 7,096 | 5,469 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.1% | +19.9% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,967 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,763 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21−9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5619 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 395,412+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 149,016
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 376
- Median household income
- $61,763
- Average household income
- $81,373
- Median home value
- $202,700
- Jobs located here
- 124,855
- Daytime population
- 386,104Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Winston-Salem, NC | 77 | 49 | 1.7 | 214 | +5.3% | #11 of 373 |
| 2Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 72 | 66 | 2.7 | 157 | +7.5% | #24 of 373 |
| 3Burlington, NC | 64 | 18 | 2.6 | 143 | +8.5% | #66 of 373 |
| 4Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 59 | 38 | 2.5 | 142 | +3.2% | #108 of 373 |
| 5Greensboro-High Point, NC | 54 | 96 | 3.0 | 122 | +4.1% | #153 of 373 |
| 6Goldsboro, NC | 52 | 18 | 3.8 | 94 | +3.8% | #169 of 373 |
| 7Jacksonville, NC | 44 | 29 | 3.9 | 95 | +6.0% | #230 of 373 |
| 8Greenville, NC | 44 | 30 | 4.0 | 88 | +5.4% | #233 of 373 |
| 9Raleigh-Cary, NC | 42 | 346 | 6.0 | 73 | +12.6% | #250 of 373 |
| 10Fayetteville, NC | 40 | 56 | 3.8 | 95 | +1.6% | #262 of 373 |
Other business types in the Fayetteville 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 estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers36
- Property management30
- Mortgage brokers and lenders40
- Home inspectors36
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Fayetteville, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Fayetteville metro area. 19 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Fayetteville, NC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.1B a year, or $13,967 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 56 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 5% 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 149,016 households in the Fayetteville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fayetteville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Fayetteville metro area has 3.8 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 95, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Fayetteville metro area would have about 53, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,096 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fayetteville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fayetteville metro area at 395,412 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,016 households. Median household income in the Fayetteville metro area is $61,763, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Fayetteville metro area scores 40 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #262 of 373 scored metro areas.
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