Real estate · Metro area · North Carolina
Real estate agents and brokers in the Asheville, NC metro area
The real estate agents and brokers in the Asheville, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #382 of 387 scored metro areas
#15 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 650
- 10 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 483
- +42.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,033 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 68
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.3
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 422,345
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Asheville metro area is 26 (lower middle), #382 of 387 scored metro areas and #15 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Asheville metro area comes to about $2.4B a year: $15,033 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 32% 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.
The Asheville metro area has 650 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 2%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 40.3, 32% above the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 483 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Asheville metro area in 2023, up 42.1% from 2019. That is one for every 334 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Asheville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Asheville metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Asheville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.3 | 30.2 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 68 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 334 | 622 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +42.1% | +29.9% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,033 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,838 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 483+42.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 856
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $50.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 65010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 445The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Asheville 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 Asheville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 422,345+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 161,264
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 280
- Median household income
- $71,838
- Average household income
- $100,473
- Median home value
- $370,900
- Jobs located here
- 190,451
- Daytime population
- 429,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Asheville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goldsboro, NC | 67 | 86 | 18.1 | 140 | +3.8% | #52 of 387 |
| 2Rocky Mount, NC | 66 | 86 | 14.7 | 172 | +2.8% | #55 of 387 |
| 3Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 60 | 240 | 16.0 | 160 | +3.2% | #87 of 387 |
| 4Burlington, NC | 58 | 144 | 20.6 | 128 | +8.5% | #105 of 387 |
| 5Winston-Salem, NC | 57 | 581 | 20.6 | 129 | +5.3% | #117 of 387 |
| 6Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 56 | 629 | 25.3 | 118 | +7.5% | #127 of 387 |
| 7Greensboro-High Point, NC | 52 | 691 | 21.8 | 122 | +4.1% | #163 of 387 |
| 8Raleigh-Cary, NC | 40 | 2,447 | 42.6 | 74 | +12.6% | #288 of 387 |
| 9Greenville, NC | 39 | 192 | 25.8 | 99 | +5.4% | #291 of 387 |
| 10Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 39 | 3,741 | 34.8 | 85 | +10.1% | #292 of 387 |
| 15Asheville, NC | 26 | 650 | 40.3 | 68 | +3.6% | #382 of 387 |
Other business types in the Asheville metro area
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 estate27
- Real estate agents and brokers26
- Property management31
- Mortgage brokers and lenders37
- Home inspectors29
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Asheville, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 650 real estate agents and brokers in the Asheville metro area. 10 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 483 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 42.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Asheville, NC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.4B a year, or $15,033 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 650 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 32% 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 161,264 households in the Asheville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Asheville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Asheville metro area has 40.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 68, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Asheville metro area would have about 445, against 650 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 334 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 42.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Asheville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Asheville metro area at 422,345 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,264 households. Median household income in the Asheville metro area is $71,838, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Asheville metro area scores 26 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #382 of 387 scored metro areas.
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