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Property management companies in the Roanoke, VA metro area
How the Roanoke, VA 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #227 of 374 scored metro areas
#5 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 35
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,707 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 99
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 316,547
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 property management companies in the Roanoke metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 10% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Roanoke metro area comes to about $1.9B a year: $14,707 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is in line with 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 55 businesses with payroll in the Roanoke metro area classed as residential and commercial property managers, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,391 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Roanoke metro area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for property management companies in the Roanoke metro area is 45 (lower middle), #227 of 374 scored metro areas and #5 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Roanoke metro area 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.
| Measure | Roanoke metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 99 | 105 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,391 | 1,787 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +9.4% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,707 | $16,844 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,761 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 550.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 325
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 351 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Roanoke 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 Roanoke metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 316,547+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 131,510
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $68,761+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,709
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 158,052
- Daytime population
- 332,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for property management companies, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Roanoke metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 71 | 10 | 0.8 | 325 | +2.3% | #27 of 374 |
| 1Harrisonburg, VA | 54 | 12 | 2.4 | 112 | +3.5% | #148 of 374 |
| 2Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 54 | 14 | 2.7 | 98 | +3.2% | #154 of 374 |
| 3Richmond, VA | 52 | 156 | 2.9 | 100 | +5.5% | #169 of 374 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 51 | 795 | 3.4 | 102 | +3.3% | #174 of 374 |
| 4Winchester, VA-WV | 46 | 22 | 4.0 | 72 | +6.5% | #226 of 374 |
| 5Roanoke, VA | 45 | 35 | 2.7 | 99 | +0.4% | #227 of 374 |
| 6Lynchburg, VA | 40 | 37 | 3.6 | 73 | +2.9% | #270 of 374 |
| 7Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 39 | 214 | 3.0 | 94 | +0.9% | #278 of 374 |
| 8Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 30 | 29 | 4.1 | 63 | −0.1% | #350 of 374 |
Other business types in the Roanoke metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate34
- Real estate agents and brokers36
- Property management45
- Mortgage brokers and lenders27
- Home inspectors49
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in the Roanoke, VA metro area?
The Roanoke metro area has 35 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Roanoke, VA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.9B a year, or $14,707 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 35 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is in line with 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 131,510 households in the Roanoke metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Roanoke, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
The Roanoke metro area has 2.7 property management companies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 99, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,391 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Roanoke, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Roanoke metro area at 316,547 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 131,510 households. The median household income in the Roanoke metro area is $68,761 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Roanoke metro area scores 45 for property management companies (lower middle), #227 of 374 scored metro areas.
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