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Real estate agents and brokers in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area
The real estate agents and brokers in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #275 of 387 scored metro areas
#24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 322
- 16 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 100
- +38.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,289 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 86
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,476
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the College Station-Bryan metro area comes to about $1.5B a year: $14,289 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 14% 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.
There are 322 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the College Station-Bryan metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.5, in line with the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 100 businesses with payroll in the College Station-Bryan metro area classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers, up 38.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,057 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the College Station-Bryan metro area grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, the College Station-Bryan metro area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #275 of 387 scored metro areas and #24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the College Station-Bryan metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | College Station-Bryan metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.5 | 29.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 86 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,057 | 964 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +38.9% | +32.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,289 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $60,087 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 100+38.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 261
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32216 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 277The 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 College Station-Bryan 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 College Station-Bryan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,476+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 105,688
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,100 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $60,087+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,122
- Median home value
- $279,700
- Jobs located here
- 128,204
- Daytime population
- 289,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Odessa, TX | 82 | 91 | 14.1 | 193 | +5.0% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 67 | 266 | 17.8 | 149 | +0.5% | #51 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 67 | 166 | 23.8 | 129 | +9.8% | #53 of 387 |
| 4Laredo, TX | 66 | 158 | 19.4 | 132 | +5.2% | #56 of 387 |
| 5McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 60 | 538 | 19.9 | 123 | +5.6% | #90 of 387 |
| 6Longview, TX | 59 | 238 | 22.0 | 119 | +3.8% | #95 of 387 |
| 7Sherman-Denison, TX | 58 | 145 | 26.2 | 105 | +12.8% | #108 of 387 |
| 8Victoria, TX | 57 | 90 | 23.9 | 111 | +1.6% | #121 of 387 |
| 9Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 54 | 7,950 | 29.9 | 99 | +10.3% | #143 of 387 |
| 10Wichita Falls, TX | 53 | 116 | 20.4 | 128 | +0.7% | #150 of 387 |
| 24College Station-Bryan, TX | 41 | 322 | 30.5 | 86 | +6.9% | #275 of 387 |
Other business types in the College Station-Bryan 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 estate40
- Real estate agents and brokers41
- Property management34
- Mortgage brokers and lenders69
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 322 real estate agents and brokers in the College Station-Bryan metro area. 16 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 100 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 38.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $14,289 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 322 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 14% 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 105,688 households in the College Station-Bryan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The College Station-Bryan metro area has 30.5 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 86, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the College Station-Bryan metro area would have about 277, against 322 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,057 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 38.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the College Station-Bryan metro area at 287,476 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,688 households. Median household income in the College Station-Bryan metro area is $60,087, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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 College Station-Bryan metro area scores 41 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #275 of 387 scored metro areas.
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