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Real estate businesses in Yavapai County, AZ
The real estate businesses in Yavapai County, AZ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,697 of 2,229 scored counties
#11 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 533
- 39 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 418
- +19.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,024 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 82
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 48.0
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 252,552
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Yavapai County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #1,697 of 2,229 scored counties and #11 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 533 real estate businesses in Yavapai County. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 48.0 for every 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $17,024 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Yavapai County spend about $1.9B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 18% 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 businesses take in.
In 2023, official counts showed 418 businesses with payroll in Yavapai County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 19.4% from 2019. That is one for every 266 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Yavapai County. Population estimates put the population change in Yavapai County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Yavapai County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Yavapai County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 48.0 | 47.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 82 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 266 | 290 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.4% | +19.1% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,024 | $18,061 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $69,613 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 350 → 418+19.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 817
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $42.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,965Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 53339 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 437The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Yavapai 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 Yavapai County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 252,552+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 111,157
- Median age
- 52.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,123 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $69,613+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,313
- Median home value
- $425,200
- Jobs located here
- 67,568
- Daytime population
- 218,945Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Yavapai County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 78 | 257 | 15.9 | 257 | +25.4% | #58 of 2,229 |
| 2Apache County, AZ | 71 | 19 | 9.0 | 365 | −2.2% | #175 of 2,229 |
| 3Graham County, AZ | 67 | 27 | 21.2 | 178 | +4.0% | #313 of 2,229 |
| 4La Paz County, AZ | 56 | 18 | 20.1 | 173 | +0.9% | #772 of 2,229 |
| 5Santa Cruz County, AZ | 55 | 43 | 25.3 | 140 | +4.8% | #836 of 2,229 |
| 6Yuma County, AZ | 53 | 255 | 32.1 | 115 | +9.2% | #945 of 2,229 |
| 7Navajo County, AZ | 47 | 101 | 25.2 | 139 | +3.0% | #1,227 of 2,229 |
| 8Cochise County, AZ | 46 | 137 | 26.9 | 136 | +0.6% | #1,284 of 2,229 |
| 9Mohave County, AZ | 42 | 424 | 41.6 | 88 | +6.5% | #1,540 of 2,229 |
| 10Pima County, AZ | 41 | 1,666 | 38.1 | 104 | +2.8% | #1,574 of 2,229 |
| 11Yavapai County, AZ | 39 | 533 | 48.0 | 82 | +6.5% | #1,697 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Yavapai 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
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Yavapai County, AZ?
Yavapai County has 533 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 39 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 418 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 19.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,965 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Yavapai County, AZ spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.9B a year, or $17,024 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 533 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 18% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 111,157 households in Yavapai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yavapai County, AZ compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Yavapai County has 48.0 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 82, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Yavapai County would have about 437, against 533 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 266 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Yavapai County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Yavapai County at 252,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,157 households. The median household income in Yavapai County is $69,613 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. Yavapai County scores 39 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,697 of 2,229 scored counties.
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