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Real estate businesses in Chatham County, GA
How Chatham County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,988 of 2,229 scored counties
#95 of 106 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 613
- 28 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 385
- +39.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,944 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 68
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.9
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 311,855
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Chatham County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,988 of 2,229 scored counties and #95 of 106 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Chatham County spend about $1.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,944 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 32% 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.
Chatham County has 613 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 50.9 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 385 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Chatham County in 2023, up 39.5% from 2019. That is one for every 313 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Chatham County. Population estimates put the population change in Chatham County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Chatham County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Chatham County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.9 | 39.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 68 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 313 | 377 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +39.5% | +20.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,944 | $15,525 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,097 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 276 → 385+39.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,064
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $73.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,582Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61328 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
- 6
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Chatham 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 Chatham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 311,855+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 120,383
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 433 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 695
- Median household income
- $71,097+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,268
- Median home value
- $302,700
- Jobs located here
- 168,123
- Daytime population
- 342,441Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Chatham County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, GA | 80 | 12 | 10.7 | 302 | +8.8% | #23 of 2,229 |
| 2Murray County, GA | 79 | 6 | 3.9 | 828 | +4.0% | #31 of 2,229 |
| 3Banks County, GA | 79 | 5 | 7.3 | 459 | +17.3% | #36 of 2,229 |
| 4Lamar County, GA | 79 | 10 | 14.0 | 241 | +12.9% | #42 of 2,229 |
| 5Peach County, GA | 78 | 9 | 8.5 | 399 | +6.5% | #49 of 2,229 |
| 6Haralson County, GA | 78 | 13 | 11.1 | 307 | +10.0% | #55 of 2,229 |
| 7Jasper County, GA | 77 | 5 | 8.4 | 395 | +20.2% | #66 of 2,229 |
| 8Jones County, GA | 77 | 10 | 9.3 | 369 | +2.8% | #68 of 2,229 |
| 9Cook County, GA | 76 | 5 | 7.9 | 397 | +5.8% | #78 of 2,229 |
| 10Harris County, GA | 75 | 10 | 7.7 | 507 | +6.8% | #94 of 2,229 |
| 95Chatham County, GA | 33 | 613 | 50.9 | 68 | +5.7% | #1,988 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Chatham 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 Chatham County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 613 real estate businesses in Chatham County. 28 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 385 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 39.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,582 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chatham County, GA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.8B a year, or $14,944 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 613 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 32% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 120,383 households in Chatham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chatham County, GA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Chatham County has 50.9 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 68, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Chatham County would have about 415, against 613 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 313 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 39.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Chatham County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Chatham County at 311,855 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,383 households. Median household income in Chatham County is $71,097, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Chatham County scores 33 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,988 of 2,229 scored counties.
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