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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Salt Lake County, UT
How Salt Lake County, UT 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #800 of 887 scored counties
#13 of 13 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 593
- 61 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 263
- +4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $8.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,474 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 36
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 3.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,220,916
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Salt Lake County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #800 of 887 scored counties and #13 of 13 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 593 mortgage brokers and lenders in Salt Lake County. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 13.9 per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 4.3.
At $19,474 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Salt Lake County spend about $8.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 64% 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.
Official counts show 263 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Salt Lake County in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,621 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $5.6M have gone to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Salt Lake County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Salt Lake County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Salt Lake County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Salt Lake County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 9.7 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 36 | 51 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,621 | 2,049 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.0% | +8.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,474 | $19,198 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $97,494 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 253 → 263+4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $274.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 59361 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 213The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $5.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,220,916+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 426,245
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,590
- Median household income
- $97,494+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,987
- Median home value
- $525,700
- Jobs located here
- 775,993
- Daytime population
- 1,357,402Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Uintah County, UT | 63 | 5 | 4.1 | 107 | +7.3% | #208 of 887 |
| 2Tooele County, UT | 59 | 11 | 4.6 | 109 | +19.2% | #269 of 887 |
| 3Wasatch County, UT | 49 | 8 | 6.2 | 88 | +9.9% | #463 of 887 |
| 4Utah County, UT | 46 | 145 | 7.1 | 71 | +14.5% | #520 of 887 |
| 5Weber County, UT | 45 | 77 | 8.2 | 58 | +5.8% | #537 of 887 |
| 6Sevier County, UT | 44 | 5 | 6.7 | 66 | +5.9% | #560 of 887 |
| 7Cache County, UT | 42 | 27 | 6.1 | 76 | +8.5% | #594 of 887 |
| 8Box Elder County, UT | 42 | 14 | 7.2 | 64 | +12.7% | #600 of 887 |
| 9Davis County, UT | 40 | 86 | 7.4 | 70 | +4.8% | #625 of 887 |
| 10Iron County, UT | 40 | 15 | 7.4 | 58 | +16.4% | #627 of 887 |
| 13Salt Lake County, UT | 29 | 593 | 13.9 | 36 | +2.9% | #800 of 887 |
Other business types in Salt Lake 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 estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers39
- Property management42
- Mortgage brokers and lenders29
- Home inspectors57
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Salt Lake County, UT?
There are 593 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Salt Lake County as of September 2026. 61 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 263 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Salt Lake County, UT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $8.3B a year, or $19,474 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 593 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 64% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 426,245 households in Salt Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salt Lake County, UT compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Salt Lake County has 13.9 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 36, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Salt Lake County would have about 213, against 593 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,621 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Salt Lake County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Salt Lake County at 1,220,916 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 426,245 households. The median household income in Salt Lake County is $97,494 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Salt Lake County scores 29 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #800 of 887 scored counties.
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