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Real estate agents and brokers in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area

The real estate agents and brokers in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #347 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado

Listings
1,349
33 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
1,011
+10.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$5.7B
On rent and homeowner costs · $18,927 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
78
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
44.7
46% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
781,796
+3.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Colorado Springs metro area is 34 (lower middle), #347 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,349 real estate agents and brokers in the Colorado Springs metro area. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 44.7, 46% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Colorado Springs metro area comes to about $5.7B a year: $18,927 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 22% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Colorado Springs metro area was 1,011 in 2023, up 10.4% from 2019. That is one for every 299 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Colorado Springs metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Colorado Springs metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Colorado Springs metro area 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Colorado Springs, CO metro area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureColorado Springs metro areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households44.744.430.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7881100
Households per official establishment299318788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.4%+12.9%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$18,927$19,501$16,661
Median household income$90,144$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score3433

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,011+10.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,384
Annual payroll, 2023
$79.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1,34933 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,049The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Colorado Springs 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 Colorado Springs metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
781,796+3.1% since 2020
Households
302,050
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,684 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$90,144+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,390
Median home value
$461,800
Jobs located here
292,224
Daytime population
748,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across Colorado

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Colorado for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Colorado Springs metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in Colorado ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Greeley, CO7524419.6178+14.2%#20 of 387
2Pueblo, CO5515522.6133+0.6%#132 of 387
3Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO405,56945.682+4.1%#286 of 387
4Fort Collins-Loveland, CO3773247.574+4.8%#314 of 387
5Colorado Springs, CO341,34944.778+3.1%#347 of 387
6Grand Junction, CO3328643.473+4.4%#354 of 387
7Boulder, CO2767949.676−0.7%#379 of 387

Other business types in the Colorado Springs metro area

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

Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area?

There are 1,349 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Colorado Springs metro area as of September 2026. 33 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 1,011 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 10.4% from 2019.

How much do households in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $5.7B a year, or $18,927 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,349 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 22% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 302,050 households in the Colorado Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Colorado Springs, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The Colorado Springs metro area has 44.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 78, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Colorado Springs metro area would have about 1,049, against 1,349 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 299 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Colorado Springs, CO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Colorado Springs metro area at 781,796 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 302,050 households. The median household income in the Colorado Springs metro area is $90,144 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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 Colorado Springs metro area scores 34 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #347 of 387 scored metro areas.

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