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Real estate agents and brokers in Brown County, WI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in Brown County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,422 of 2,176 scored counties
#34 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 252
- 8 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 99
- +20.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,274 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 115
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.7
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 275,803
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 252 real estate agents and brokers in Brown County. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 22.7 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Brown County comes to about $1.6B a year: $14,274 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 15% 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 99 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Brown County in 2023, up 20.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,121 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Brown County.
Population estimates show Brown County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Brown County is 43 (lower middle), #1,422 of 2,176 scored counties and #34 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Brown County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Brown County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.7 | 21.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 115 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,121 | 1,197 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.7% | +25.5% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,274 | $14,211 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $79,649 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 82 → 99+20.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 395
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2528 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 290The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 275,803+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 110,933
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 530 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 511
- Median household income
- $79,649+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,662
- Median home value
- $266,000
- Jobs located here
- 158,307
- Daytime population
- 294,973Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Trempealeau County, WI | 72 | 7 | 5.6 | 455 | +1.1% | #141 of 2,176 |
| 2Calumet County, WI | 72 | 19 | 8.9 | 305 | +2.9% | #149 of 2,176 |
| 3Pierce County, WI | 71 | 18 | 11.3 | 242 | +3.1% | #178 of 2,176 |
| 4Lafayette County, WI | 66 | 8 | 11.8 | 213 | +5.2% | #328 of 2,176 |
| 5Oconto County, WI | 64 | 15 | 8.9 | 285 | +2.9% | #375 of 2,176 |
| 6Kewaunee County, WI | 64 | 9 | 10.8 | 241 | +1.0% | #381 of 2,176 |
| 7Chippewa County, WI | 64 | 34 | 12.5 | 201 | +1.9% | #387 of 2,176 |
| 8Clark County, WI | 63 | 16 | 12.5 | 197 | +1.2% | #427 of 2,176 |
| 9Dunn County, WI | 63 | 25 | 14.3 | 177 | +1.7% | #434 of 2,176 |
| 10Dodge County, WI | 62 | 44 | 12.3 | 206 | −0.3% | #468 of 2,176 |
| 34Brown County, WI | 43 | 252 | 22.7 | 115 | +2.6% | #1,422 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Brown 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 estate40
- Real estate agents and brokers43
- Property management44
- Mortgage brokers and lenders47
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Brown County, WI?
There are 252 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. 8 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 20.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Brown County, WI spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.6B a year, or $14,274 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 252 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 15% 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 110,933 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, WI compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Brown County has 22.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 115, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Brown County would have about 290, against 252 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,121 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 275,803 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 110,933 households. The median household income in Brown County is $79,649 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.8% 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. Brown County scores 43 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,422 of 2,176 scored counties.
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