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Real estate agents and brokers in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area

How the Janesville-Beloit, WI 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 #158 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
121
14 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
61
+64.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$927.9M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,807 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
141
41% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.0
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
166,472
+1.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 121 real estate agents and brokers in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. 14 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.0, 41% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.

At $13,807 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area spend about $927.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 41% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Janesville-Beloit metro area was 61 in 2023, up 64.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,102 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $3.4M has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Janesville-Beloit metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Janesville-Beloit metro area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is 52 (upper middle), #158 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.

How the Janesville-Beloit metro area 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.

Real estate agents and brokers in Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureJanesville-Beloit metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.021.830.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)141120100
Households per official establishment1,1021,197788
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+64.9%+25.5%+20.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,807$14,211$16,661
Median household income$75,673$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5254

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
61+64.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
108
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
12114 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
170The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$3.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Janesville-Beloit 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 Janesville-Beloit metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
166,472+1.7% since 2020
Households
67,201
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
718 sq. mi.
People per square mile
229
Median household income
$75,673+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,984
Median home value
$231,600
Jobs located here
69,632
Daytime population
154,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate agents and brokers across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Janesville-Beloit metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for real estate agents and brokers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Sheboygan, WI656813.71860.0%#58 of 387
2Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI6312415.4169+0.4%#72 of 387
3Fond du Lac, WI606214.3177+0.5%#85 of 387
4Oshkosh-Neenah, WI5912717.5146+1.4%#94 of 387
5Kenosha, WI5613619.7134−0.4%#123 of 387
6Wausau, WI5511119.2135+1.0%#131 of 387
7Janesville-Beloit, WI5212118.0141+1.7%#158 of 387
8Green Bay, WI5227620.3129+2.5%#161 of 387
Duluth, MN-WI4823019.1131+0.2%#194 of 387
9Eau Claire, WI4516823.4109+2.6%#231 of 387

Other business types in the Janesville-Beloit metro area

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Questions

How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area?

There are 121 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Janesville-Beloit metro area as of September 2026. 14 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 64.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $927.9M a year, or $13,807 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 121 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 41% 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 67,201 households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?

The Janesville-Beloit metro area has 18.0 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 141, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Janesville-Beloit metro area would have about 170, against 121 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,102 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 64.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Janesville-Beloit metro area at 166,472 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,201 households. The median household income in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is $75,673 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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 Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 52 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #158 of 387 scored metro areas.

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