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Property management companies in Fairfax County, VA

How Fairfax County, VA 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #426 of 910 scored counties
#17 of 40 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
149
8 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
300
+0.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$8.5B
On rent and homeowner costs · $20,556 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
103
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,167,873
+1.7% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Fairfax County comes to about $8.5B a year: $20,556 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 3% 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.

Fairfax County has 149 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 300 businesses with payroll in Fairfax County classed as residential and commercial property managers, up 0.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,380 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Fairfax County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fairfax County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fairfax County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for property management companies, ranking #426 of 910 scored counties and #17 of 40 scored counties in Virginia.

How Fairfax County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Fairfax County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureFairfax CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.62.93.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)103105100
Households per official establishment1,3801,7871,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+0.7%+9.4%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$20,556$16,844$16,661
Median household income$153,637$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score5152

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
298 → 300+0.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,231
Annual payroll, 2023
$380.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1498 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
153The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Fairfax 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 Fairfax County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,167,873+1.7% since 2020
Households
414,101
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
391 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,935
Median household income
$153,637+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$195,941
Median home value
$732,800
Jobs located here
683,496
Daytime population
1,295,194Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Virginia

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Stafford County, VA82132.5142+8.3%#20 of 910
2Hanover County, VA7781.9171+5.6%#54 of 910
3Loudoun County, VA77342.4166+6.4%#56 of 910
4Chesterfield County, VA76211.5207+8.7%#63 of 910
5Rockingham County, VA7651.5182+6.6%#66 of 910
6Suffolk city, VA7671.8159+10.4%#68 of 910
7Prince William County, VA76362.3152+4.2%#69 of 910
8Frederick County, VA7572.0154+8.8%#85 of 910
9Spotsylvania County, VA70163.0104+10.5%#148 of 910
10Chesapeake city, VA68141.5201+2.3%#154 of 910
17Fairfax County, VA511493.6103+1.7%#426 of 910

Other business types in Fairfax County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Fairfax County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 149 property management companies in Fairfax County. 8 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 300 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 0.7% from 2019.

How much do households in Fairfax County, VA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $8.5B a year, or $20,556 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 149 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 3% 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 414,101 households in Fairfax County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fairfax County, VA compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Fairfax County has 3.6 property management companies per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 103, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Fairfax County would have about 153, against 149 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,380 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Fairfax County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Fairfax County at 1,167,873 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 414,101 households. Median household income in Fairfax County is $153,637, 90% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Fairfax County scores 51 for property management companies (upper middle), #426 of 910 scored counties.

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