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Property management companies in Marion County, FL

How Marion County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for property management companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #225 of 910 scored counties
#3 of 39 scored counties in Florida

Listings
40
3 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
38
−13.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,845 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
103
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
442,660
+17.3% 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 Marion County comes to about $2.3B a year: $13,845 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 3% 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.

Marion County has 40 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.

Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Marion County in 2023, down 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 4,339 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 Marion County.

Population estimates put the population change in Marion County from 2020 to 2025 at +17.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for property management companies in Marion County is 64 (upper middle), #225 of 910 scored counties and #3 of 39 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Marion County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Marion County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.44.63.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)10360100
Households per official establishment4,3391,2361,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.6%+17.4%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,845$15,326$16,661
Median household income$61,010$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6432

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
44 → 38−13.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
172
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
403 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The 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 Marion 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 Marion County

Population, 2025 estimate
442,660+17.3% since 2020
Households
164,881
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,588 sq. mi.
People per square mile
252
Median household income
$61,010+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,982
Median home value
$243,100
Jobs located here
117,529
Daytime population
371,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for property management companies, numbered among those based in Florida, with Marion County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL82121.7159+21.1%#19 of 910
2Highlands County, FL7261.3188+9.7%#115 of 910
3Marion County, FL64402.4103+17.3%#225 of 910
4Citrus County, FL63142.0126+11.1%#241 of 910
5Pasco County, FL63562.4114+19.1%#242 of 910
6Santa Rosa County, FL63223.096+11.7%#246 of 910
7Hernando County, FL62212.5101+13.3%#263 of 910
8St. Lucie County, FL62382.896+21.4%#265 of 910
9Lake County, FL59372.2119+18.1%#302 of 910
10Nassau County, FL57133.389+17.4%#333 of 910

Other business types in Marion County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Marion County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 property management companies in Marion County. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, down 13.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Marion County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.3B a year, or $13,845 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 40 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 3% 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 164,881 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marion County, FL compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Marion County has 2.4 property management companies per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 103, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Marion County would have about 41, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,339 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Marion County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 442,660 people in 2025, up 17.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 164,881 households. Median household income in Marion County is $61,010, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Marion County scores 64 for property management companies (upper middle), #225 of 910 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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