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Property management companies in the Boulder, CO metro area
How the Boulder, CO metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for property management companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #331 of 374 scored metro areas
#7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 66
- 2 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 153
- +19.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $20,540 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 77
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,560
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For property management companies, the Boulder metro area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #331 of 374 scored metro areas and #7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 66 property management companies in the Boulder metro area. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.
At $20,540 per household (23% above the U.S. average), households in the Boulder metro area spend about $2.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per company is 23% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Boulder metro area was 153 in 2023, up 19.5% from 2019. That is one for every 895 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Boulder metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Boulder metro area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Boulder metro area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Boulder metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 77 | 87 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 895 | 1,095 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.5% | +14.2% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $20,540 | $19,501 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $103,994 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 153+19.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 732
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $44.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 662 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Boulder 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 Boulder metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,560−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 137,008
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 453
- Median household income
- $103,994+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,846
- Median home value
- $756,300
- Jobs located here
- 190,563
- Daytime population
- 376,803Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 83 | 27 | 2.2 | 158 | +14.2% | #6 of 374 |
| 2Pueblo, CO | 73 | 13 | 1.9 | 156 | +0.6% | #22 of 374 |
| 3Grand Junction, CO | 57 | 20 | 3.0 | 102 | +4.4% | #120 of 374 |
| 4Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 49 | 489 | 4.0 | 92 | +4.1% | #201 of 374 |
| 5Colorado Springs, CO | 45 | 121 | 4.0 | 85 | +3.1% | #229 of 374 |
| 6Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 43 | 73 | 4.7 | 73 | +4.8% | #246 of 374 |
| 7Boulder, CO | 32 | 66 | 4.8 | 77 | −0.7% | #331 of 374 |
Other business types in the Boulder metro area
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 estate27
- Real estate agents and brokers27
- Property management32
- Mortgage brokers and lenders27
- Home inspectors61
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Questions
How many property management companies are in the Boulder, CO metro area?
The Boulder metro area has 66 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 153 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 19.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Boulder, CO metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.8B a year, or $20,540 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 66 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 23% below 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 137,008 households in the Boulder metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Boulder, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
The Boulder metro area has 4.8 property management companies per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 77, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Boulder metro area would have about 51, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 895 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Boulder, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Boulder metro area at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. The median household income in the Boulder metro area is $103,994 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. The Boulder metro area scores 32 for property management companies (lower middle), #331 of 374 scored metro areas.
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