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Real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County, TN
How Shelby County, TN 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,594 of 2,176 scored counties
#72 of 76 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 969
- 43 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 184
- +1.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,636 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 100
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.7
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 910,226
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Shelby County comes to about $5.3B a year: $14,636 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is in line with 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.
Shelby County has 969 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 43 of them (4%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 26.7 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 184 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County in 2023, up 1.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,971 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County.
Population estimates show Shelby County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Shelby County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #1,594 of 2,176 scored counties and #72 of 76 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Shelby County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Shelby County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.7 | 29.6 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 100 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,971 | 1,725 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.7% | +19.4% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,636 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $63,767 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 181 → 184+1.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 709
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $64.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 96943 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 974The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 910,226−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 362,741
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,221
- Median household income
- $63,767+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,646
- Median home value
- $249,100
- Jobs located here
- 497,377
- Daytime population
- 1,001,197Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 80 | 20 | 11.6 | 248 | +7.7% | #26 of 2,176 |
| 2Macon County, TN | 79 | 6 | 6.4 | 393 | +9.5% | #35 of 2,176 |
| 3Union County, TN | 79 | 6 | 7.6 | 334 | +8.1% | #39 of 2,176 |
| 4Bedford County, TN | 79 | 25 | 12.8 | 206 | +9.7% | #42 of 2,176 |
| 5Polk County, TN | 78 | 6 | 8.1 | 318 | +5.9% | #51 of 2,176 |
| 6Gibson County, TN | 75 | 20 | 9.8 | 259 | +2.7% | #84 of 2,176 |
| 7Anderson County, TN | 75 | 47 | 14.3 | 186 | +6.1% | #90 of 2,176 |
| 8Sequatchie County, TN | 74 | 6 | 9.7 | 255 | +12.7% | #108 of 2,176 |
| 9Jefferson County, TN | 74 | 29 | 13.3 | 197 | +9.3% | #113 of 2,176 |
| 10Smith County, TN | 73 | 9 | 11.3 | 234 | +5.1% | #131 of 2,176 |
| 72Shelby County, TN | 40 | 969 | 26.7 | 100 | −2.1% | #1,594 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 brokers40
- Property management30
- Mortgage brokers and lenders51
- Home inspectors62
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Shelby County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 969 real estate agents and brokers in Shelby County. 43 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 184 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 1.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Shelby County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $5.3B a year, or $14,636 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 969 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is in line with 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 362,741 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TN compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Shelby County has 26.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 100, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Shelby County would have about 974, against 969 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,971 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 910,226 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 362,741 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $63,767, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 40 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,594 of 2,176 scored counties.
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