Real estate · Metro area · North Carolina
Real estate agents and brokers in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area
How the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #163 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 691
- 19 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 331
- +22.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,443 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 122
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.8
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 805,945
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 691 real estate agents and brokers in the Greensboro-High Point metro area. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 21.8 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area spend about $4.6B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,443 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 22% above 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.
Official counts show 331 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Greensboro-High Point metro area in 2023, up 22.6% from 2019. That is one for every 958 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $387K have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Greensboro-High Point metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greensboro-High Point metro area grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #163 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Greensboro-High Point 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 | Greensboro-High Point metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.8 | 30.2 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 122 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 958 | 622 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.6% | +29.9% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,443 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $65,565 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 331+22.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 669
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $42.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 69119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 840The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $387K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Greensboro-High Point 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 805,945+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 317,045
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,994 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 394
- Median household income
- $65,565+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,179
- Median home value
- $231,000
- Jobs located here
- 363,740
- Daytime population
- 805,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in the Greensboro-High Point 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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers52
- Property management38
- Mortgage brokers and lenders54
- Home inspectors58
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area?
There are 691 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Greensboro-High Point metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 331 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 22.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.6B a year, or $14,443 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 691 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 22% above 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 317,045 households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Greensboro-High Point metro area has 21.8 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 122, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Greensboro-High Point metro area would have about 840, against 691 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 958 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Greensboro-High Point metro area at 805,945 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 317,045 households. The median household income in the Greensboro-High Point metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 52 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #163 of 387 scored metro areas.
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