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Property management companies in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #161 of 374 scored metro areas
#10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
2,071
54 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
7,834
+2.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$149.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $20,193 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
130
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,112,448
+0.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2,071 property management companies in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. 54 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area comes to about $149.3B a year: $20,193 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 30% 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.

Official counts show 7,834 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area in 2023, up 2.1% from 2019. That is one for every 944 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 111 SBA-backed loans worth $19.9M have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area.

Population estimates show the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For property management companies, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #161 of 374 scored metro areas and #10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureNew York-Newark-Jersey City metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.82.73.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)130127100
Households per official establishment9441,0471,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.1%+0.6%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$20,193$19,048$16,661
Median household income$99,155$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5249

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7,834+2.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
66,361
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.3B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2,07154 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2,687The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
111
Amount
$19.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
20,112,448+0.6% since 2020
Households
7,391,787
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.3
Land area
6,127 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3,219
Median household income
$99,155
Average household income
$146,791
Median home value
$614,200
Jobs located here
9,481,255
Daytime population
20,008,624Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for property management companies, numbered among those based in New York, with the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Kingston, NY7160.8418+1.1%#26 of 374
2Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY71451.8201+3.0%#29 of 374
3Utica-Rome, NY70201.7184−2.0%#35 of 374
4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY67812.1160+1.9%#47 of 374
5Binghamton, NY67212.1147−1.3%#49 of 374
6Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY651032.1153−0.8%#60 of 374
7Syracuse, NY62511.9169−1.3%#81 of 374
8Glens Falls, NY60101.8172−1.9%#95 of 374
9Elmira, NY54102.8104−3.9%#149 of 374
10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ522,0712.8130+0.6%#161 of 374

Other business types in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

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Questions

How many property management companies are in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area?

The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 2,071 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. 54 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 7,834 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 2.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $149.3B a year, or $20,193 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 2,071 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 30% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,391,787 households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area 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 130, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area would have about 2,687, against 2,071 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 944 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area at 20,112,448 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,391,787 households. The median household income in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is $99,155 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area scores 52 for property management companies (upper middle), #161 of 374 scored metro areas.

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