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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Greenville County, SC

How Greenville County, SC 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #734 of 887 scored counties
#14 of 19 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
166
36 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
69
+11.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,489 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
53
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
74% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
583,125
+10.6% 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

For mortgage brokers and lenders, Greenville County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #734 of 887 scored counties and #14 of 19 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Greenville County comes to about $3.4B a year: $15,489 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 47% 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.

There are 166 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Greenville County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 74% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Greenville County was 69 in 2023, up 11.3% from 2019. That is one for every 3,197 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $127K has gone to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Greenville County. Population estimates show Greenville County grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Greenville County compares

The same measures for South 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.

Mortgage brokers and lenders in Greenville County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGreenville CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.54.94.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)5378100
Households per official establishment3,1974,5944,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.3%+25.6%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,489$14,791$16,661
Median household income$76,932$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score3438

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
62 → 69+11.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,551
Annual payroll, 2023
$101.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
16636 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$127K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Greenville 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 Greenville County

Population, 2025 estimate
583,125+10.6% since 2020
Households
220,565
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
786 sq. mi.
People per square mile
697
Median household income
$76,932+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,098
Median home value
$299,000
Jobs located here
308,999
Daytime population
615,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Greenville County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Spartanburg County, SC71332.5147+15.6%#110 of 887
2Aiken County, SC70172.4156+7.3%#122 of 887
3Pickens County, SC64112.1172+5.7%#186 of 887
4Anderson County, SC54232.7134+7.7%#347 of 887
5York County, SC54433.8111+8.1%#360 of 887
6Berkeley County, SC46434.687+18.7%#514 of 887
7Georgetown County, SC46155.569+3.8%#521 of 887
8Dorchester County, SC43335.276+10.1%#572 of 887
9Lexington County, SC42645.274+7.7%#595 of 887
10Orangeburg County, SC4072.1154−0.9%#612 of 887
14Greenville County, SC341667.553+10.6%#734 of 887

Other business types in Greenville County

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Greenville County, SC?

As of September 2026, map listings count 166 mortgage brokers and lenders in Greenville County. 36 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 11.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Greenville County, SC spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $3.4B a year, or $15,489 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 166 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 47% 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 220,565 households in Greenville County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Greenville County has 7.5 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 53, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Greenville County would have about 88, against 166 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,197 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Greenville County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Greenville County at 583,125 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 220,565 households. Median household income in Greenville County is $76,932, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Greenville County scores 34 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #734 of 887 scored counties.

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