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Property management companies in the Springfield, MO metro area

How the Springfield, MO 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 #334 of 374 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
82
2 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
87
+9.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.6B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,250 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
58
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
37% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
500,694
+5.1% 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

For property management companies, the Springfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #334 of 374 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Springfield metro area comes to about $2.6B a year: $13,250 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 42% 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.

The Springfield metro area has 82 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Springfield metro area was 87 in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,286 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Springfield metro area grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Springfield metro area compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Springfield, MO metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSpringfield metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.12.73.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)5893100
Households per official establishment2,2862,4711,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.2%+6.2%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,250$13,809$16,661
Median household income$65,071$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3239

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
87+9.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,438
Annual payroll, 2023
$67.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
822 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
47The 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 the Springfield 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 Springfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
500,694+5.1% since 2020
Households
198,884
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,007 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$65,071+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,400
Median home value
$230,700
Jobs located here
224,104
Daytime population
505,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Missouri

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for property management companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Springfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson City, MO64101.7145+2.2%#69 of 374
2St. Joseph, MO-KS5371.5158−2.0%#156 of 374
3Joplin, MO-KS50192.497+3.9%#188 of 374
4St. Louis, MO-IL492662.3115−0.2%#196 of 374
5Kansas City, MO-KS472432.798+3.4%#213 of 374
6Cape Girardeau, MO-IL34112.983+1.7%#318 of 374
7Springfield, MO32824.158+5.1%#334 of 374
8Columbia, MO32384.457+3.9%#335 of 374

Other business types in the Springfield metro area

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in the Springfield, MO metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 property management companies in the Springfield metro area. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 87 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Springfield, MO metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.6B a year, or $13,250 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 82 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 42% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 198,884 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Springfield, MO metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

The Springfield metro area has 4.1 property management companies per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 58, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 47, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,286 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Springfield, MO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 500,694 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 198,884 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $65,071, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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 Springfield metro area scores 32 for property management companies (lower middle), #334 of 374 scored metro areas.

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