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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Cuyahoga County, OH
How Cuyahoga County, OH 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 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #847 of 887 scored counties
#32 of 33 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 260
- 37 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 97
- +12.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $7.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,563 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 74
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,232,925
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For mortgage brokers and lenders, Cuyahoga County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #847 of 887 scored counties and #32 of 33 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Cuyahoga County comes to about $7.5B a year: $13,563 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 26% 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.
Cuyahoga County has 260 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 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Cuyahoga County was 97 in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 5,717 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Cuyahoga County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cuyahoga County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Cuyahoga County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 74 | 123 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 5,717 | 8,794 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.8% | +13.8% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,563 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,468 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 86 → 97+12.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,458
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $497M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26037 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 193The 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 Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,232,925−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 554,551
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 457 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,725
- Median household income
- $64,468+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,344
- Median home value
- $195,400
- Jobs located here
- 751,187
- Daytime population
- 1,420,605Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fairfield County, OH | 76 | 13 | 2.2 | 179 | +6.5% | #62 of 887 |
| 2Licking County, OH | 70 | 17 | 2.5 | 152 | +3.8% | #123 of 887 |
| 3Wood County, OH | 67 | 7 | 1.3 | 281 | +1.5% | #143 of 887 |
| 4Miami County, OH | 64 | 11 | 2.4 | 148 | +3.4% | #187 of 887 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 64 | 23 | 2.7 | 140 | +3.9% | #189 of 887 |
| 6Greene County, OH | 63 | 19 | 2.8 | 138 | +3.7% | #203 of 887 |
| 7Trumbull County, OH | 60 | 11 | 1.3 | 253 | −1.3% | #239 of 887 |
| 8Lorain County, OH | 58 | 30 | 2.4 | 153 | +3.1% | #276 of 887 |
| 9Medina County, OH | 57 | 19 | 2.6 | 152 | +1.3% | #292 of 887 |
| 10Montgomery County, OH | 55 | 60 | 2.6 | 133 | +0.5% | #330 of 887 |
| 32Cuyahoga County, OH | 24 | 260 | 4.7 | 74 | −2.3% | #847 of 887 |
Other business types in Cuyahoga 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 estate23
- Real estate agents and brokers30
- Property management22
- Mortgage brokers and lenders24
- Home inspectors49
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Cuyahoga County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 260 mortgage brokers and lenders in Cuyahoga County. 37 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 97 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Cuyahoga County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $7.5B a year, or $13,563 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 260 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 26% 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 554,551 households in Cuyahoga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cuyahoga County, OH compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Cuyahoga County has 4.7 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 74, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Cuyahoga County would have about 193, against 260 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,717 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Cuyahoga County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Cuyahoga County at 1,232,925 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 554,551 households. Median household income in Cuyahoga County is $64,468, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. Cuyahoga County scores 24 for mortgage brokers and lenders (low), #847 of 887 scored counties.
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