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Real estate businesses in Leon County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Leon County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,101 of 2,229 scored counties
#58 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 518
- 12 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 323
- +9.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,671 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 80
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 299,048
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Leon County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #2,101 of 2,229 scored counties and #58 of 64 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 518 real estate businesses in Leon County. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 42.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Leon County comes to about $1.8B a year: $14,671 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 20% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Leon County was 323 in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019. That is one for every 380 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $407K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Leon County. Population estimates show Leon County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Leon County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Leon County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.3 | 61.3 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 80 | 58 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 380 | 242 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.9% | +24.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,671 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,287 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 294 → 323+9.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,627
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $93.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,347Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 415The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $407K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Leon 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 Leon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 299,048+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 122,597
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 668 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 445
- Median household income
- $66,287+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,045
- Median home value
- $301,800
- Jobs located here
- 170,719
- Daytime population
- 341,629Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Florida, with Leon County marked.
Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dixie County, FL | 74 | 5 | 8.0 | 358 | +8.0% | #121 of 2,229 |
| 2Union County, FL | 72 | 5 | 11.6 | 279 | +5.2% | #160 of 2,229 |
| 3Baker County, FL | 71 | 18 | 19.6 | 180 | +5.8% | #195 of 2,229 |
| 4Gadsden County, FL | 68 | 9 | 5.3 | 554 | +2.0% | #256 of 2,229 |
| 5Bradford County, FL | 65 | 13 | 14.0 | 226 | +0.3% | #375 of 2,229 |
| 6Jackson County, FL | 63 | 21 | 12.2 | 244 | +5.4% | #441 of 2,229 |
| 7Levy County, FL | 63 | 31 | 16.7 | 186 | +12.7% | #462 of 2,229 |
| 8Washington County, FL | 62 | 12 | 12.9 | 240 | +5.4% | #490 of 2,229 |
| 9Suwannee County, FL | 62 | 26 | 16.1 | 193 | +10.6% | #501 of 2,229 |
| 10Gilchrist County, FL | 60 | 18 | 25.2 | 131 | +14.5% | #583 of 2,229 |
| 58Leon County, FL | 29 | 518 | 42.3 | 80 | +1.7% | #2,101 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Leon 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 Leon County, FL?
There are 518 real estate businesses on map listings in Leon County as of September 2026. 12 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 323 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,347 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Leon County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.8B a year, or $14,671 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 518 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 20% 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 122,597 households in Leon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Leon County, FL compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Leon County has 42.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 80, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Leon County would have about 415, against 518 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 380 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Leon County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Leon County at 299,048 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 122,597 households. The median household income in Leon County is $66,287 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Leon County scores 29 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,101 of 2,229 scored counties.
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