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Property management companies in Berks County, PA

How Berks County, PA 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 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #16 of 910 scored counties
#2 of 30 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
19
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
38
+8.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.9B
On rent and homeowner costs · $17,940 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
277
2.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.2
60% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
440,072
+2.7% 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, Berks County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #16 of 910 scored counties and #2 of 30 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for property management companies.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Berks County comes to about $2.9B a year: $17,940 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 2.8 times 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.

Berks County has 19 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.

Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Berks County in 2023, up 8.6% from 2019. That is one for every 4,296 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Berks County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Berks County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Berks County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureBerks CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.21.93.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)277172100
Households per official establishment4,2962,7821,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.6%+7.6%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$17,940$18,070$16,661
Median household income$79,777$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score8272

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35 → 38+8.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
293
Annual payroll, 2023
$23.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
192 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
53The 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 Berks 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 Berks County

Population, 2025 estimate
440,072+2.7% since 2020
Households
163,236
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
856 sq. mi.
People per square mile
506
Median household income
$79,777+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,265
Median home value
$257,300
Jobs located here
179,513
Daytime population
404,462Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Lebanon County, PA8261.1301+2.2%#15 of 910
2Berks County, PA82191.2277+2.7%#16 of 910
3Butler County, PA82121.5229+3.2%#18 of 910
4Northampton County, PA81100.8415+3.7%#21 of 910
5York County, PA79351.9170+3.6%#39 of 910
6Franklin County, PA79121.9168+3.0%#40 of 910
7Beaver County, PA7671.0319−1.1%#60 of 910
8Westmoreland County, PA75161.0305−1.4%#72 of 910
9Delaware County, PA75301.4253+0.8%#74 of 910
10Bucks County, PA75431.7221+0.3%#79 of 910

Other business types in Berks County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Berks County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 property management companies in Berks County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 8.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Berks County, PA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.9B a year, or $17,940 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 19 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 2.8 times 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 163,236 households in Berks County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Berks County, PA compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Berks County has 1.2 property management companies per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 277, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Berks County would have about 53, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,296 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Berks County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Berks County at 440,072 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,236 households. Median household income in Berks County is $79,777, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Berks County scores 82 for property management companies (high), #16 of 910 scored counties.

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