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Top markets for property management companies
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for property management companies. The score weighs household spending per company, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 38,749
- 1,365 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 78,886
- +11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.2T
- On rent and homeowner costs
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
A site report maps the property management companies on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
There are 38,749 property management companies on map listings in the U.S. as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the U.S. comes to about $2.2T a year: $16,661 per household. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money property management companies take in.
Official counts show 78,886 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the U.S. in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019. They employ 707,721 people, with $46.9B in annual payroll.
The Yuma, AZ metro area has the highest market score for property management companies among 374 scored metro areas, at 87. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median housing spending per company is 98% above the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 45% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 67 | 571 | 2.3 | 148 | +1.4% |
| 60Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 65 | 103 | 2.1 | 153 | −0.8% |
| 68Pittsburgh, PA | 64 | 186 | 1.8 | 183 | −1.3% |
| 70Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 64 | 159 | 2.4 | 143 | +2.1% |
| 71Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 64 | 134 | 2.9 | 123 | +3.0% |
| 99Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 60 | 605 | 3.2 | 106 | +7.3% |
| 117Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 57 | 705 | 2.6 | 109 | +10.3% |
| 118San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 57 | 247 | 2.6 | 108 | +9.5% |
| 128Tulsa, OK | 56 | 93 | 2.3 | 117 | +5.1% |
| 129Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 56 | 223 | 2.5 | 109 | +2.7% |
| 139Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 55 | 551 | 3.4 | 112 | +3.3% |
| 140Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 55 | 824 | 2.8 | 105 | +10.6% |
| 150Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 54 | 477 | 3.3 | 103 | +3.5% |
| 152Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 54 | 315 | 2.9 | 99 | +10.1% |
| 158Birmingham, AL | 53 | 111 | 2.4 | 114 | +1.4% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuma, AZ | 87 | 11 | 1.4 | 208 | +9.2% |
| 2Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 85 | 12 | 1.7 | 159 | +21.1% |
| 3Reading, PA | 84 | 19 | 1.2 | 277 | +2.7% |
| 4Lebanon, PA | 83 | 6 | 1.1 | 301 | +2.2% |
| 5Sherman-Denison, TX | 83 | 6 | 1.1 | 248 | +12.8% |
| 6Greeley, CO | 83 | 27 | 2.2 | 158 | +14.2% |
| 7Longview-Kelso, WA | 82 | 7 | 1.6 | 196 | +3.5% |
| 8York-Hanover, PA | 82 | 35 | 1.9 | 170 | +3.6% |
| 9Chambersburg, PA | 81 | 12 | 1.9 | 168 | +3.0% |
| 10Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 80 | 57 | 1.7 | 199 | +3.0% |
| 11Odessa, TX | 79 | 9 | 1.4 | 192 | +5.0% |
| 12Lexington Park, MD | 78 | 11 | 1.4 | 233 | +2.1% |
| 13Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 77 | 17 | 1.5 | 229 | +2.0% |
| 14Decatur, AL | 76 | 7 | 1.1 | 234 | +2.5% |
| 15Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | 75 | 31 | 1.3 | 227 | +1.4% |
| 16Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 75 | 17 | 1.6 | 176 | +5.3% |
| 17Worcester, MA | 75 | 76 | 2.3 | 156 | +3.7% |
| 18Sebring, FL | 74 | 6 | 1.3 | 188 | +9.7% |
| 19Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 74 | 40 | 2.2 | 152 | +3.2% |
| 20Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 74 | 67 | 2.7 | 120 | +4.2% |
| 21Kennewick-Richland, WA | 73 | 20 | 1.9 | 181 | +6.5% |
| 22Pueblo, CO | 73 | 13 | 1.9 | 156 | +0.6% |
| 23Spartanburg, SC | 73 | 28 | 2.0 | 131 | +14.3% |
| 24Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 72 | 8 | 1.7 | 196 | +5.0% |
| 25Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 72 | 17 | 2.7 | 124 | +10.4% |
| 26Kingston, NY | 71 | 6 | 0.8 | 418 | +1.1% |
| 27Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 71 | 10 | 0.8 | 325 | +2.3% |
| 28Dothan, AL | 71 | 6 | 1.0 | 252 | +3.4% |
| 29Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 71 | 45 | 1.8 | 201 | +3.0% |
| 30Gainesville, GA | 71 | 11 | 1.5 | 190 | +11.4% |
| 31Appleton, WI | 71 | 15 | 1.5 | 176 | +2.7% |
| 32Las Cruces, NM | 71 | 18 | 2.1 | 133 | +4.1% |
| 33Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 70 | 7 | 1.4 | 208 | +0.6% |
| 34Hammond, LA | 70 | 7 | 1.3 | 184 | +5.8% |
| 35Utica-Rome, NY | 70 | 20 | 1.7 | 184 | −2.0% |
| 36Longview, TX | 70 | 17 | 1.6 | 164 | +3.8% |
| 37Lancaster, PA | 70 | 50 | 2.4 | 143 | +1.9% |
| 38Warner Robins, GA | 70 | 18 | 2.4 | 113 | +8.2% |
| 39Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 69 | 12 | 2.3 | 146 | +2.4% |
| 40Dalton, GA | 69 | 10 | 1.9 | 134 | +3.5% |
| 41Midland, TX | 68 | 11 | 1.6 | 191 | +9.8% |
| 42Erie, PA | 68 | 20 | 1.8 | 165 | −1.8% |
| 43Auburn-Opelika, AL | 68 | 15 | 2.0 | 131 | +7.1% |
| 44Stockton-Lodi, CA | 68 | 66 | 2.7 | 127 | +5.5% |
| 45Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 68 | 29 | 2.8 | 100 | +6.5% |
| 46Laredo, TX | 67 | 10 | 1.2 | 204 | +5.2% |
| 47Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 67 | 81 | 2.1 | 160 | +1.9% |
| 48Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 67 | 571 | 2.3 | 148 | +1.4% |
| 49Binghamton, NY | 67 | 21 | 2.1 | 147 | −1.3% |
| 50Morristown, TN | 67 | 10 | 2.1 | 120 | +7.9% |
Top 25 small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 83 | 6 | 2.3 | 141 | +7.8% |
| 2Richmond-Berea, KY | 79 | 9 | 1.8 | 137 | +7.0% |
| 3Centralia, WA | 78 | 5 | 1.5 | 204 | +6.7% |
| 4Oneonta, NY | 78 | 6 | 2.6 | 118 | +3.8% |
| 5Sunbury, PA | 76 | 6 | 1.3 | 226 | −1.7% |
| 6Torrington, CT | 76 | 9 | 1.9 | 187 | +2.2% |
| 7Hemlock Farms, PA | 76 | 7 | 2.9 | 113 | +7.2% |
| 8Anderson Creek, NC | 75 | 6 | 1.2 | 218 | +12.3% |
| 9Indiana, PA | 75 | 5 | 1.5 | 186 | −0.3% |
| 10Aberdeen, WA | 75 | 6 | 2.0 | 150 | +3.0% |
| 11Hermitage, PA | 74 | 5 | 1.1 | 269 | −2.4% |
| 12Seneca, SC | 74 | 7 | 2.0 | 127 | +6.3% |
| 13Concord, NH | 73 | 16 | 2.6 | 132 | +2.6% |
| 14Faribault-Northfield, MN | 73 | 5 | 2.1 | 122 | +4.2% |
| 15Moses Lake, WA | 72 | 7 | 2.0 | 155 | +6.3% |
| 16Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 72 | 5 | 1.7 | 149 | +2.2% |
| 17Burley, ID | 72 | 5 | 3.0 | 99 | +6.2% |
| 18Granbury, TX | 72 | 9 | 3.5 | 81 | +13.6% |
| 19Wooster, OH | 71 | 6 | 1.4 | 183 | −0.1% |
| 20Port Angeles, WA | 71 | 8 | 2.3 | 135 | +1.1% |
| 21Ellensburg, WA | 70 | 5 | 2.5 | 128 | +4.2% |
| 22Alamogordo, NM | 70 | 6 | 2.5 | 116 | +3.7% |
| 23Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 69 | 7 | 1.7 | 174 | −2.5% |
| 24Laconia, NH | 69 | 7 | 2.7 | 128 | +2.1% |
| 25Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 69 | 7 | 2.7 | 111 | +2.3% |
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 93 | 17 | 1.0 | 303 | +25.4% |
| 2Tooele County, UT | 92 | 5 | 2.1 | 168 | +19.2% |
| 3Limestone County, AL | 87 | 5 | 1.2 | 234 | +18.0% |
| 4Guadalupe County, TX | 87 | 9 | 1.4 | 212 | +15.8% |
| 5Sussex County, NJ | 86 | 7 | 1.2 | 313 | +2.9% |
| 6Rockwall County, TX | 86 | 5 | 1.2 | 280 | +28.9% |
| 7Yuma County, AZ | 85 | 11 | 1.4 | 208 | +9.2% |
| 8Gloucester County, NJ | 84 | 14 | 1.2 | 292 | +3.3% |
| 9Saline County, AR | 84 | 5 | 1.0 | 274 | +7.6% |
| 10Hancock County, IN | 84 | 5 | 1.5 | 185 | +13.5% |
| 11Lyon County, NV | 84 | 5 | 2.1 | 149 | +9.5% |
| 12Burlington County, NJ | 83 | 31 | 1.7 | 213 | +4.3% |
| 13Livingston Parish, LA | 83 | 7 | 1.3 | 206 | +8.5% |
| 14Johnston County, NC | 83 | 12 | 1.4 | 200 | +17.9% |
| 15Lebanon County, PA | 82 | 6 | 1.1 | 301 | +2.2% |
| 16Berks County, PA | 82 | 19 | 1.2 | 277 | +2.7% |
| 17DeSoto County, MS | 82 | 8 | 1.1 | 249 | +6.3% |
| 18Butler County, PA | 82 | 12 | 1.5 | 229 | +3.2% |
| 19Sumter County, FL | 82 | 12 | 1.7 | 159 | +21.1% |
| 20Stafford County, VA | 82 | 13 | 2.5 | 142 | +8.3% |
| 21Northampton County, PA | 81 | 10 | 0.8 | 415 | +3.7% |
| 22Brazoria County, TX | 81 | 15 | 1.1 | 273 | +12.2% |
| 23Plymouth County, MA | 81 | 37 | 1.8 | 208 | +3.5% |
| 24Union County, NC | 81 | 13 | 1.5 | 204 | +11.7% |
| 25Sherburne County, MN | 81 | 5 | 1.4 | 203 | +6.8% |
Scored: 374 metro areas, 180 small-town markets and 910 counties, each with at least 5 property management companies on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Housing spending per listing is all rent and homeowner costs over the listings, as an index where 100 is the U.S. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Property management figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
Property management by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Decatur metro area · 76
- AlaskaTop metro area: Fairbanks-College metro area · 52
- ArizonaTop metro area: Yuma metro area · 87
- ArkansasTop metro area: Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area · 61
- CaliforniaTop metro area: Stockton-Lodi metro area · 68
- ColoradoTop metro area: Greeley metro area · 83
- ConnecticutTop metro area: Norwich-New London-Willimantic metro area · 77
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 66
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 51
- FloridaTop metro area: Wildwood-The Villages metro area · 85
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Gainesville metro area · 71
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 38
- IdahoTop metro area: Idaho Falls metro area · 56
- IllinoisTop metro area: Kankakee metro area · 59
- IndianaTop metro area: Michigan City-La Porte metro area · 61
- IowaTop metro area: Dubuque metro area · 63
- KansasTop metro area: Topeka metro area · 30
- KentuckyTop metro area: Elizabethtown metro area · 65
- LouisianaTop metro area: Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area · 75
- MaineTop metro area: Lewiston-Auburn metro area · 65
- MarylandTop metro area: Lexington Park metro area · 78
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Worcester metro area · 75
- MichiganTop metro area: Muskegon-Norton Shores metro area · 65
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Rochester metro area · 63
- MississippiTop metro area: Gulfport-Biloxi metro area · 58
- MissouriTop metro area: Jefferson City metro area · 64
- MontanaTop metro area: Missoula metro area · 43
- NebraskaTop metro area: Omaha metro area · 63
- NevadaTop metro area: Carson City metro area · 47
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 63
- New JerseyTop metro area: Trenton-Princeton metro area · 66
- New MexicoTop metro area: Las Cruces metro area · 71
- New YorkTop metro area: Kingston metro area · 71
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area · 66
- North DakotaTop metro area: Bismarck metro area · 50
- OhioTop metro area: Lima metro area · 60
- OklahomaTop metro area: Tulsa metro area · 56
- OregonTop metro area: Salem metro area · 50
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: Reading metro area · 84
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 64
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Spartanburg metro area · 73
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 39
- TennesseeTop metro area: Kingsport-Bristol metro area · 71
- TexasTop metro area: Sherman-Denison metro area · 83
- UtahTop metro area: Ogden metro area · 60
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 42
- VirginiaTop metro area: Harrisonburg metro area · 54
- WashingtonTop metro area: Longview-Kelso metro area · 82
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Wheeling metro area · 60
- WisconsinTop metro area: Appleton metro area · 71
- WyomingTop metro area: Casper metro area · 46
Related business types
- Real estate496,973 listings
- Real estate agents and brokers394,854 listings
- Mortgage brokers and lenders55,169 listings
- Home inspectors8,200 listings
Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for property management companies?
The top 5 are Yuma, AZ (87); Wildwood-The Villages, FL (85); Reading, PA (84); Lebanon, PA (83); and Sherman-Denison, TX (83). The score compares each of 374 scored metro areas with the others for property management companies.
How many property management companies are in the U.S.?
As of September 2026, map listings count 38,749 property management companies in the U.S. 1,365 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 78,886 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.2T a year, or $16,661 per household. For the 38,749 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is in line with the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money property management companies take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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