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Real estate agents and brokers in Boulder County, CO
The real estate agents and brokers in Boulder County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,078 of 2,176 scored counties
#33 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 679
- 21 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 488
- +8.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $20,540 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 76
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 49.6
- 62% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,560
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Boulder County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #2,078 of 2,176 scored counties and #33 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Boulder County comes to about $2.8B a year: $20,540 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 24% 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.
Boulder County has 679 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 is 49.6 per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 488 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Boulder County in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 281 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $118K has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Boulder County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boulder County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Boulder County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Boulder County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 49.6 | 44.4 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 76 | 81 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 281 | 318 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.2% | +12.9% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $20,540 | $19,501 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $103,994 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 451 → 488+8.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 645
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 67921 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 516The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $118K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Boulder 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 Boulder County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,560−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 137,008
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 453
- Median household income
- $103,994+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,846
- Median home value
- $756,300
- Jobs located here
- 190,563
- Daytime population
- 376,803Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 70 | 18 | 18.0 | 224 | +16.5% | #212 of 2,176 |
| 2Weld County, CO | 65 | 244 | 19.6 | 178 | +14.2% | #365 of 2,176 |
| 3Park County, CO | 62 | 16 | 17.8 | 201 | +5.1% | #471 of 2,176 |
| 4Morgan County, CO | 60 | 24 | 21.7 | 139 | +4.2% | #569 of 2,176 |
| 5Broomfield County, CO | 55 | 88 | 27.7 | 145 | +6.3% | #794 of 2,176 |
| 6Adams County, CO | 54 | 522 | 27.7 | 127 | +6.6% | #845 of 2,176 |
| 7Otero County, CO | 48 | 12 | 15.8 | 175 | −5.2% | #1,140 of 2,176 |
| 8Pueblo County, CO | 47 | 155 | 22.6 | 133 | +0.6% | #1,221 of 2,176 |
| 9Douglas County, CO | 46 | 619 | 44.2 | 97 | +10.9% | #1,293 of 2,176 |
| 10Alamosa County, CO | 45 | 18 | 27.1 | 105 | +1.9% | #1,338 of 2,176 |
| 33Boulder County, CO | 28 | 679 | 49.6 | 76 | −0.7% | #2,078 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Boulder 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 estate28
- Real estate agents and brokers28
- Property management35
- Mortgage brokers and lenders31
- Home inspectors63
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Boulder County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 679 real estate agents and brokers in Boulder County. 21 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 488 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Boulder County, CO spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.8B a year, or $20,540 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 679 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 24% 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 137,008 households in Boulder County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boulder County, CO compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Boulder County has 49.6 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 76, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Boulder County would have about 516, against 679 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 281 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Boulder County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Boulder County at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. Median household income in Boulder County is $103,994, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Boulder County scores 28 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #2,078 of 2,176 scored counties.
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