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Property management companies in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area

The property management companies in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #99 of 374 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona

Listings
605
31 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
1,089
+10.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$35.5B
On rent and homeowner costs · $18,783 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
106
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,228,938
+7.3% 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

Households in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area spend about $35.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $18,783 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 6% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money property management companies take in.

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area has 605 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 7% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.

Official counts show 1,089 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,738 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $7.9M have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for property management companies, ranking #99 of 374 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.

How the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area compares

The same measures for Arizona 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.

Property management in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasurePhoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro areaArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.23.03.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)106107100
Households per official establishment1,7381,9721,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.0%+8.3%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.3%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$18,783$18,061$16,661
Median household income$88,301$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score6065

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,089+10.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
14,494
Annual payroll, 2023
$970.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60531 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
640The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
22
Amount
$7.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area, 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 the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
5,228,938+7.3% since 2020
Households
1,892,613
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
14,569 sq. mi.
People per square mile
345
Median household income
$88,301+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,261
Median home value
$440,900
Jobs located here
2,390,924
Daytime population
5,104,371Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Arizona

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for property management companies, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Arizona

Metro areas in Arizona ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Yuma, AZ87111.4208+9.2%#1 of 374
2Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ7071.4208+0.6%#33 of 374
3Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ68292.8100+6.5%#45 of 374
4Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ61383.490+6.5%#91 of 374
5Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ606053.2106+7.3%#99 of 374
6Flagstaff, AZ54132.4134−0.6%#145 of 374
7Tucson, AZ501563.687+2.8%#192 of 374

Other business types in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 605 property management companies in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area. 31 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 1,089 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $35.5B a year, or $18,783 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 605 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 6% above 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 1,892,613 households in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area has 3.2 property management companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 106, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area would have about 640, against 605 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,738 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area at 5,228,938 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,892,613 households. Median household income in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area is $88,301, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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. The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area scores 60 for property management companies (upper middle), #99 of 374 scored metro areas.

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