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Property management companies in Essex County, MA
How Essex County, MA 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #254 of 910 scored counties
#5 of 11 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 87
- 2 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 175
- +16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $6.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $20,216 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 131
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 826,653
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Essex County comes to about $6.3B a year: $20,216 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 31% 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.
Essex County has 87 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.
Official counts show 175 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Essex County in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,789 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $469K have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Essex County.
Population estimates show Essex County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for property management companies in Essex County is 62 (upper middle), #254 of 910 scored counties and #5 of 11 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Essex County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Essex County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 131 | 118 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,789 | 1,340 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.7% | +20.2% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $20,216 | $20,433 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $101,883 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 150 → 175+16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 842
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 872 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 114The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $469K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 826,653+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 313,147
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 493 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,651
- Median household income
- $101,883+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $140,108
- Median home value
- $619,100
- Jobs located here
- 329,644
- Daytime population
- 736,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Plymouth County, MA | 81 | 37 | 1.8 | 208 | +3.5% | #23 of 910 |
| 2Bristol County, MA | 75 | 42 | 1.8 | 187 | +2.9% | #82 of 910 |
| 3Worcester County, MA | 73 | 76 | 2.3 | 156 | +3.7% | #111 of 910 |
| 4Hampshire County, MA | 70 | 17 | 2.7 | 124 | +10.4% | #146 of 910 |
| 5Essex County, MA | 62 | 87 | 2.8 | 131 | +2.3% | #254 of 910 |
| 6Middlesex County, MA | 58 | 208 | 3.3 | 123 | +2.8% | #314 of 910 |
| 7Norfolk County, MA | 56 | 91 | 3.2 | 126 | +2.2% | #341 of 910 |
| 8Berkshire County, MA | 53 | 13 | 2.3 | 143 | −1.2% | #383 of 910 |
| 9Hampden County, MA | 51 | 51 | 2.8 | 113 | +0.2% | #420 of 910 |
| 10Barnstable County, MA | 51 | 38 | 3.6 | 99 | +2.4% | #427 of 910 |
Other business types in Essex County
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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers60
- Property management62
- Mortgage brokers and lenders53
- Home inspectors75
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in Essex County, MA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 87 property management companies in Essex County. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 175 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Essex County, MA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $6.3B a year, or $20,216 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 87 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 31% 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 313,147 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, MA compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
Essex County has 2.8 property management companies per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 131, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Essex County would have about 114, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,789 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 826,653 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 313,147 households. Median household income in Essex County is $101,883, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Essex County scores 62 for property management companies (upper middle), #254 of 910 scored counties.
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