Property management companies in Iowa

Iowa has 267 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.

Households in Iowa spend about $18.4B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,016 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 24% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 423 businesses with payroll in Iowa classed as residential and commercial property managers, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,110 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 11.4% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Iowa.

Among the 50 states and DC, Iowa ranks #10 for property management companies, with a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle). Of the 9 scored metro areas in or partly in Iowa, the Dubuque metro area scores highest (63). The one scored small-town market in or partly in Iowa, the Fort Dodge area, scores 36.