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Property management companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area

How the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #140 of 374 scored metro areas
#14 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
824
38 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
1,936
+9.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$48B
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,604 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
105
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,477,157
+10.6% 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

At $16,604 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area spend about $48B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per company is 5% 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.

There are 824 property management companies on map listings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area as of September 2026. 38 of them (5%) are chain locations, 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 1,936 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,494 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $4.8M have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area grew 10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for property management companies, ranking #140 of 374 scored metro areas and #14 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.82.63.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)105108100
Households per official establishment1,4941,6861,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.8%+17.2%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,604$15,682$16,661
Median household income$90,275$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5559

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,936+9.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
25,300
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
82438 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
864The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
15
Amount
$4.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
8,477,157+10.6% since 2020
Households
2,891,725
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
8,676 sq. mi.
People per square mile
920
Median household income
$90,275+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,389
Median home value
$359,500
Jobs located here
4,175,571
Daytime population
8,229,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for property management companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Sherman-Denison, TX8361.1248+12.8%#5 of 374
2Odessa, TX7991.4192+5.0%#11 of 374
3Longview, TX70171.6164+3.8%#36 of 374
4Midland, TX68111.6191+9.8%#41 of 374
5Laredo, TX67101.2204+5.2%#46 of 374
6McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX66371.4176+5.6%#54 of 374
7Victoria, TX6571.9140+1.6%#61 of 374
8San Angelo, TX6071.5176+0.3%#94 of 374
9Brownsville-Harlingen, TX59221.6150+3.0%#104 of 374
10Wichita Falls, TX58122.1122+0.7%#112 of 374
14Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX558242.8105+10.6%#140 of 374

Other business types in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area

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Questions

How many property management companies are in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 824 property management companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. 38 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 1,936 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $48B a year, or $16,604 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 824 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 5% 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 2,891,725 households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 105, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area would have about 864, against 824 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,494 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area at 8,477,157 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,891,725 households. Median household income in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is $90,275, 12% 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. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area scores 55 for property management companies (upper middle), #140 of 374 scored metro areas.

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