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Real estate agents and brokers in Sarasota County, FL
How Sarasota County, FL 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,924 of 2,176 scored counties
#48 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 1,467
- 47 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 771
- +43.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,038 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 43
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 69.1
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 479,958
- +10.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Sarasota County is 34 (lower middle), #1,924 of 2,176 scored counties and #48 of 63 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $16,038 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Sarasota County spend about $3.4B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 57% 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.
Sarasota County has 1,467 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 69.1 per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 771 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Sarasota County in 2023, up 43.3% from 2019. That is one for every 275 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Sarasota County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sarasota County grew 10.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Sarasota County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Sarasota County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 69.1 | 50.2 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 43 | 56 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 275 | 414 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +43.3% | +26.6% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.0% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,038 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $83,416 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 538 → 771+43.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,198
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $82.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,46747 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 624The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Sarasota 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 Sarasota County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 479,958+10.0% since 2020
- Households
- 212,204
- Median age
- 54.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 556 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 826
- Median household income
- $83,416+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,732
- Median home value
- $411,800
- Jobs located here
- 194,397
- Daytime population
- 481,661Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gadsden County, FL | 69 | 9 | 5.3 | 440 | +2.0% | #230 of 2,176 |
| 2Dixie County, FL | 68 | 5 | 8.0 | 284 | +8.0% | #262 of 2,176 |
| 3Jackson County, FL | 65 | 17 | 9.8 | 240 | +5.4% | #349 of 2,176 |
| 4Jefferson County, FL | 65 | 10 | 17.4 | 150 | +11.1% | #369 of 2,176 |
| 5Union County, FL | 63 | 5 | 11.6 | 222 | +5.2% | #417 of 2,176 |
| 6Baker County, FL | 63 | 17 | 18.5 | 152 | +5.8% | #439 of 2,176 |
| 7Washington County, FL | 62 | 10 | 10.8 | 229 | +5.4% | #458 of 2,176 |
| 8Suwannee County, FL | 62 | 19 | 11.8 | 210 | +10.6% | #466 of 2,176 |
| 9Bradford County, FL | 59 | 12 | 12.9 | 194 | +0.3% | #592 of 2,176 |
| 10Levy County, FL | 59 | 30 | 16.2 | 153 | +12.7% | #605 of 2,176 |
| 48Sarasota County, FL | 34 | 1,467 | 69.1 | 43 | +10.0% | #1,924 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Sarasota 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 estate34
- Real estate agents and brokers34
- Property management35
- Mortgage brokers and lenders41
- Home inspectors27
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Sarasota County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,467 real estate agents and brokers in Sarasota County. 47 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 771 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 43.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Sarasota County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.4B a year, or $16,038 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,467 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 57% 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 212,204 households in Sarasota County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sarasota County, FL compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Sarasota County has 69.1 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 43, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Sarasota County would have about 624, against 1,467 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 275 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 43.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Sarasota County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Sarasota County at 479,958 people in 2025, up 10.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 212,204 households. Median household income in Sarasota County is $83,416, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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. Sarasota County scores 34 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,924 of 2,176 scored counties.
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