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Real estate agents and brokers in Maricopa County, AZ
How Maricopa County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,612 of 2,176 scored counties
#11 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 7,330
- 311 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 4,624
- +22.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $32.7B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,887 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 82
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.4
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,689,558
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $18,887 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Maricopa County spend about $32.7B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 18% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
Maricopa County has 7,330 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 311 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 42.4, 39% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Maricopa County was 4,624 in 2023, up 22.1% from 2019. That is one for every 374 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Maricopa County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Maricopa County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Maricopa County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,612 of 2,176 scored counties and #11 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Maricopa County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Maricopa County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.4 | 36.3 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 82 | 91 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 374 | 456 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.1% | +23.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,887 | $18,061 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $89,300 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3,786 → 4,624+22.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 9,877
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $924.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7,330311 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5,996The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,689,558+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 1,730,696
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 9,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 496
- Median household income
- $89,300+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,023
- Median home value
- $452,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,317,205
- Daytime population
- 4,768,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Maricopa County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 78 | 217 | 13.4 | 242 | +25.4% | #55 of 2,176 |
| 2Apache County, AZ | 70 | 17 | 8.1 | 324 | −2.2% | #202 of 2,176 |
| 3Graham County, AZ | 61 | 22 | 17.3 | 173 | +4.0% | #524 of 2,176 |
| 4Santa Cruz County, AZ | 57 | 37 | 21.8 | 129 | +4.8% | #701 of 2,176 |
| 5La Paz County, AZ | 56 | 15 | 16.7 | 165 | +0.9% | #743 of 2,176 |
| 6Yuma County, AZ | 53 | 204 | 25.7 | 114 | +9.2% | #908 of 2,176 |
| 7Cochise County, AZ | 48 | 109 | 21.4 | 136 | +0.6% | #1,160 of 2,176 |
| 8Navajo County, AZ | 44 | 88 | 22.0 | 127 | +3.0% | #1,376 of 2,176 |
| 9Pima County, AZ | 43 | 1,242 | 28.4 | 111 | +2.8% | #1,427 of 2,176 |
| 10Mohave County, AZ | 41 | 352 | 34.5 | 84 | +6.5% | #1,546 of 2,176 |
| 11Maricopa County, AZ | 40 | 7,330 | 42.4 | 82 | +5.5% | #1,612 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Maricopa County
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 estate39
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management57
- Mortgage brokers and lenders35
- Home inspectors67
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Maricopa County, AZ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7,330 real estate agents and brokers in Maricopa County. 311 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 4,624 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 22.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Maricopa County, AZ spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $32.7B a year, or $18,887 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7,330 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 18% below the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,730,696 households in Maricopa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Maricopa County, AZ compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Maricopa County has 42.4 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 82, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Maricopa County would have about 5,996, against 7,330 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 374 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Maricopa County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Maricopa County at 4,689,558 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,730,696 households. Median household income in Maricopa County is $89,300, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.5%, 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. Maricopa County scores 40 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,612 of 2,176 scored counties.
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