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Real estate agents and brokers in Orange County, CA
How Orange County, CA 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,081 of 2,176 scored counties
#52 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 5,769
- 173 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 2,860
- +18.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $23B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $21,250 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 73
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 53.3
- 74% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,149,507
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Orange County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #2,081 of 2,176 scored counties and #52 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Orange County comes to about $23B a year: $21,250 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 27% 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.
Orange County has 5,769 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 53.3 for every 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 2,860 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Orange County in 2023, up 18.3% from 2019. That is one for every 379 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 35 SBA-backed loans worth $10.9M have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Orange County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orange County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Orange County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Orange County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.3 | 38.0 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 73 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 379 | 601 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.3% | +17.3% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $21,250 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $116,289 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,417 → 2,860+18.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,845
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $596.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5,769173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4,221The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 35
- Amount
- $10.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,149,507−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,082,960
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 793 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,991
- Median household income
- $116,289+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,761
- Median home value
- $962,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,713,003
- Daytime population
- 3,381,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 88 | 23 | 8.0 | 397 | +8.2% | #2 of 2,176 |
| 2Kings County, CA | 70 | 64 | 14.5 | 214 | +1.0% | #213 of 2,176 |
| 3Colusa County, CA | 69 | 8 | 10.6 | 299 | −0.1% | #236 of 2,176 |
| 4Merced County, CA | 69 | 158 | 18.4 | 166 | +5.1% | #253 of 2,176 |
| 5Glenn County, CA | 65 | 14 | 14.3 | 212 | −2.6% | #354 of 2,176 |
| 6Madera County, CA | 65 | 105 | 23.1 | 140 | +7.4% | #370 of 2,176 |
| 7Tulare County, CA | 62 | 270 | 18.9 | 167 | +2.4% | #484 of 2,176 |
| 8Inyo County, CA | 61 | 12 | 14.9 | 215 | −4.4% | #511 of 2,176 |
| 9Tehama County, CA | 61 | 47 | 19.0 | 160 | −1.7% | #528 of 2,176 |
| 10Kern County, CA | 60 | 572 | 20.1 | 156 | +2.3% | #565 of 2,176 |
| 52Orange County, CA | 28 | 5,769 | 53.3 | 73 | −1.1% | #2,081 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Orange 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 estate26
- Real estate agents and brokers28
- Property management34
- Mortgage brokers and lenders22
- Home inspectors55
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Orange County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5,769 real estate agents and brokers in Orange County. 173 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 2,860 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 18.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Orange County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $23B a year, or $21,250 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5,769 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 27% 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 1,082,960 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, CA compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Orange County has 53.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 73, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Orange County would have about 4,221, against 5,769 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 379 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Orange County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 3,149,507 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,082,960 households. Median household income in Orange County is $116,289, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Orange County scores 28 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #2,081 of 2,176 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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