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Real estate agents and brokers in Pima County, AZ

How Pima 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,427 of 2,176 scored counties
#9 of 14 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
1,242
61 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
691
+22.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$7.5B
On rent and homeowner costs · $17,197 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
111
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.4
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,074,685
+2.8% 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 $17,197 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Pima County spend about $7.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 11% above 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.

There are 1,242 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Pima County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 28.4 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Official counts show 691 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Pima County in 2023, up 22.5% from 2019. That is one for every 634 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Pima County.

Population estimates show Pima County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Pima County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #1,427 of 2,176 scored counties and #9 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.

How Pima 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Pima County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasurePima CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.436.330.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)11191100
Households per official establishment634456788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+22.5%+23.0%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$17,197$18,061$16,661
Median household income$70,315$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score4340

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
564 → 691+22.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
944
Annual payroll, 2023
$64.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,24261 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,381The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Pima 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 Pima County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,074,685+2.8% since 2020
Households
437,827
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
9,189 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$70,315+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,008
Median home value
$319,700
Jobs located here
381,409
Daytime population
1,030,631Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Pima County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ7821713.4242+25.4%#55 of 2,176
2Apache County, AZ70178.1324−2.2%#202 of 2,176
3Graham County, AZ612217.3173+4.0%#524 of 2,176
4Santa Cruz County, AZ573721.8129+4.8%#701 of 2,176
5La Paz County, AZ561516.7165+0.9%#743 of 2,176
6Yuma County, AZ5320425.7114+9.2%#908 of 2,176
7Cochise County, AZ4810921.4136+0.6%#1,160 of 2,176
8Navajo County, AZ448822.0127+3.0%#1,376 of 2,176
9Pima County, AZ431,24228.4111+2.8%#1,427 of 2,176
10Mohave County, AZ4135234.584+6.5%#1,546 of 2,176

Other business types in Pima County

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

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in Pima County, AZ?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,242 real estate agents and brokers in Pima County. 61 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 691 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 22.5% from 2019.

How much do households in Pima County, AZ spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $7.5B a year, or $17,197 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,242 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 11% above 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 437,827 households in Pima County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pima County, AZ compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

Pima County has 28.4 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 111, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Pima County would have about 1,381, against 1,242 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 634 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pima County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Pima County at 1,074,685 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 437,827 households. Median household income in Pima County is $70,315, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.7%, 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. Pima County scores 43 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,427 of 2,176 scored counties.

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