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Real estate agents and brokers in Virginia Beach city, VA
The real estate agents and brokers in Virginia Beach city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,145 of 2,176 scored counties
#94 of 97 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 1,156
- 26 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 409
- +33.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,558 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 47
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.3
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 453,737
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate agents and brokers, Virginia Beach city has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,145 of 2,176 scored counties and #94 of 97 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,156 real estate agents and brokers in Virginia Beach city. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 64.3 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Virginia Beach city comes to about $3B a year: $16,558 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 53% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 409 businesses with payroll in Virginia Beach city classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers, up 33.2% from 2019. That is one for every 440 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $946K have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Virginia Beach city. Population estimates put the population change in Virginia Beach city from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Virginia Beach city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Virginia Beach city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.3 | 33.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 47 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 440 | 791 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +33.2% | +21.7% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,558 | $16,844 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $92,968 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 307 → 409+33.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 931
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $60.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,15626 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 546The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $946K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Virginia Beach city, 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 Virginia Beach city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 453,737−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 179,851
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 245 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,865
- Median household income
- $92,968+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,769
- Median home value
- $382,500
- Jobs located here
- 180,420
- Daytime population
- 440,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Caroline County, VA | 88 | 12 | 10.0 | 291 | +11.3% | #3 of 2,176 |
| 2King William County, VA | 86 | 5 | 6.8 | 423 | +9.5% | #4 of 2,176 |
| 3Frederick County, VA | 79 | 19 | 5.4 | 578 | +8.8% | #30 of 2,176 |
| 4Rockingham County, VA | 79 | 18 | 5.5 | 514 | +6.6% | #32 of 2,176 |
| 5Prince George County, VA | 79 | 8 | 6.2 | 468 | +2.0% | #33 of 2,176 |
| 6New Kent County, VA | 74 | 15 | 16.2 | 203 | +21.2% | #112 of 2,176 |
| 7Culpeper County, VA | 70 | 41 | 21.7 | 142 | +9.3% | #225 of 2,176 |
| 8Pulaski County, VA | 69 | 11 | 7.6 | 338 | −0.6% | #234 of 2,176 |
| 9Fluvanna County, VA | 69 | 11 | 10.6 | 284 | +6.2% | #238 of 2,176 |
| 10Amherst County, VA | 69 | 12 | 9.5 | 278 | +2.1% | #240 of 2,176 |
| 94Virginia Beach city, VA | 22 | 1,156 | 64.3 | 47 | −1.3% | #2,145 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Virginia Beach city
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 estate21
- Real estate agents and brokers22
- Property management28
- Mortgage brokers and lenders16
- Home inspectors43
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Virginia Beach city, VA?
Virginia Beach city has 1,156 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 409 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 33.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Virginia Beach city, VA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3B a year, or $16,558 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,156 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 53% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 179,851 households in Virginia Beach city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Virginia Beach city, VA compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Virginia Beach city has 64.3 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 47, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Virginia Beach city would have about 546, against 1,156 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 440 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 33.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Virginia Beach city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Virginia Beach city at 453,737 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 179,851 households. The median household income in Virginia Beach city is $92,968 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. Virginia Beach city scores 22 for real estate agents and brokers (low), #2,145 of 2,176 scored counties.
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