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Real estate agents and brokers in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate agents and brokers in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #250 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 1,523
- 76 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 541
- +29.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $9.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,428 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 114
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.2
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,575,010
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area comes to about $9.5B a year: $14,428 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 14% 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.
The Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area has 1,523 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 76 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 23.2 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Official counts show 541 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area in 2023, up 29.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,213 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $610K have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate agents and brokers, the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #250 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Milwaukee-Waukesha 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.
| Measure | Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.2 | 21.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 114 | 120 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,213 | 1,197 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +29.4% | +25.5% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,428 | $14,211 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $78,218 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 541+29.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,825
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $169.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,52376 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,737The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $610K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Milwaukee-Waukesha 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,575,0100.0% since 2020
- Households
- 656,436
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,455 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,078
- Median household income
- $78,218+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,675
- Median home value
- $306,400
- Jobs located here
- 863,760
- Daytime population
- 1,652,441Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sheboygan, WI | 65 | 68 | 13.7 | 186 | 0.0% | #58 of 387 |
| 2Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 63 | 124 | 15.4 | 169 | +0.4% | #72 of 387 |
| 3Fond du Lac, WI | 60 | 62 | 14.3 | 177 | +0.5% | #85 of 387 |
| 4Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 59 | 127 | 17.5 | 146 | +1.4% | #94 of 387 |
| 5Kenosha, WI | 56 | 136 | 19.7 | 134 | −0.4% | #123 of 387 |
| 6Wausau, WI | 55 | 111 | 19.2 | 135 | +1.0% | #131 of 387 |
| 7Janesville-Beloit, WI | 52 | 121 | 18.0 | 141 | +1.7% | #158 of 387 |
| 8Green Bay, WI | 52 | 276 | 20.3 | 129 | +2.5% | #161 of 387 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 48 | 230 | 19.1 | 131 | +0.2% | #194 of 387 |
| 9Eau Claire, WI | 45 | 168 | 23.4 | 109 | +2.6% | #231 of 387 |
| 12Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 43 | 1,523 | 23.2 | 114 | 0.0% | #250 of 387 |
Other business types in the Milwaukee-Waukesha 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 estate41
- Real estate agents and brokers43
- Property management34
- Mortgage brokers and lenders39
- Home inspectors46
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,523 real estate agents and brokers in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area. 76 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 541 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 29.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $9.5B a year, or $14,428 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,523 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 14% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 656,436 households in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area has 23.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 114, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area would have about 1,737, against 1,523 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,213 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area at 1,575,010 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 656,436 households. Median household income in the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area is $78,218, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. The Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area scores 43 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #250 of 387 scored metro areas.
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