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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Tarrant County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in Tarrant County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #516 of 887 scored counties
#35 of 51 scored counties in Texas

Listings
404
95 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
157
+20.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$12.6B
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,065 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
80
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,248,466
+6.3% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Tarrant County comes to about $12.6B a year: $16,065 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 20% 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.

Tarrant County has 404 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 95 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.

Official counts show 157 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Tarrant County in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019. That is one for every 4,984 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tarrant County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Tarrant County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #516 of 887 scored counties and #35 of 51 scored counties in Texas.

How Tarrant County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Tarrant County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTarrant CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.24.24.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)8096100
Households per official establishment4,9845,3114,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.8%+7.4%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,065$15,682$16,661
Median household income$84,207$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4650

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
130 → 157+20.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,725
Annual payroll, 2023
$148.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40495 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
322The 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 Tarrant 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 Tarrant County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,248,466+6.3% since 2020
Households
782,419
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
865 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,504
Median household income
$84,207+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$115,895
Median home value
$323,900
Jobs located here
1,082,620
Daytime population
2,204,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX9050.8544+15.8%#2 of 887
2Kaufman County, TX8691.8232+42.2%#7 of 887
3Brazoria County, TX85342.5172+12.2%#9 of 887
4Chambers County, TX8152.9153+22.6%#29 of 887
5Hunt County, TX7971.8208+23.0%#37 of 887
6Parker County, TX78183.2139+23.5%#48 of 887
7Wise County, TX7772.8150+21.5%#54 of 887
8Midland County, TX77223.3132+10.0%#56 of 887
9Randall County, TX73152.6152+7.9%#86 of 887
10Ellis County, TX73233.2133+24.0%#89 of 887
35Tarrant County, TX464045.280+6.3%#516 of 887

Other business types in Tarrant County

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Tarrant County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 404 mortgage brokers and lenders in Tarrant County. 95 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 157 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019.

How much do households in Tarrant County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $12.6B a year, or $16,065 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 404 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 20% 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 782,419 households in Tarrant County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tarrant County has 5.2 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 80, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Tarrant County would have about 322, against 404 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,984 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Tarrant County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tarrant County at 2,248,466 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 782,419 households. Median household income in Tarrant County is $84,207, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Tarrant County scores 46 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #516 of 887 scored counties.

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