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Property management companies in Cecil County, MD

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in Cecil County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #272 of 910 scored counties
#8 of 20 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$659.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,250 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
148
48% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
107,131
+3.2% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Cecil County comes to about $659.7M a year: $16,250 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 48% 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.

Cecil County has 8 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Cecil County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 1,933 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Cecil County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Cecil County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for property management companies, ranking #272 of 910 scored counties and #8 of 20 scored counties in Maryland.

How Cecil County compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Cecil County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureCecil CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.03.43.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)14892100
Households per official establishment1,9331,5361,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.5%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,250$17,488$16,661
Median household income$92,007$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score6135

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 21
Employees, 2023
85
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Cecil 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 Cecil County

Population, 2025 estimate
107,131+3.2% since 2020
Households
40,595
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
346 sq. mi.
People per square mile
303
Median household income
$92,007+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,022
Median home value
$343,400
Jobs located here
32,838
Daytime population
90,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Maryland

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

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Queen Anne’s County, MD8052.5129+8.8%#34 of 910
2Calvert County, MD7851.5232+1.7%#44 of 910
3Charles County, MD77152.5135+5.9%#59 of 910
4St. Mary’s County, MD7561.4234+2.4%#77 of 910
5Frederick County, MD71323.1110+11.0%#137 of 910
6Carroll County, MD70152.3142+2.2%#144 of 910
7Harford County, MD64232.3141+2.0%#219 of 910
8Cecil County, MD6182.0148+3.2%#272 of 910
9Prince George’s County, MD53882.5122+0.5%#389 of 910
10Anne Arundel County, MD53793.596+1.7%#392 of 910

Other business types in Cecil County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Cecil County, MD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 property management companies in Cecil County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.

How much do households in Cecil County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $659.7M a year, or $16,250 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 48% 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 40,595 households in Cecil County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cecil County, MD compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Cecil County has 2.0 property management companies per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 148, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Cecil County would have about 12, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,933 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

How fast is Cecil County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Cecil County at 107,131 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,595 households. Median household income in Cecil County is $92,007, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Cecil County scores 61 for property management companies (upper middle), #272 of 910 scored counties.

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