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Real estate businesses in Cobb County, GA
The real estate businesses in Cobb County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,888 of 2,229 scored counties
#90 of 106 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 1,576
- 55 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 1,086
- +18.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,509 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 76
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 53.3
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 793,345
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Cobb County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #1,888 of 2,229 scored counties and #90 of 106 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,576 real estate businesses in Cobb County. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 53.3, 38% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Cobb County comes to about $5.2B a year: $17,509 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 24% 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 1,086 businesses with payroll in Cobb County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 18.0% from 2019. That is one for every 272 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $865K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Cobb County. Population estimates put the population change in Cobb County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cobb 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 | Cobb County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.3 | 39.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 76 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 272 | 377 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.0% | +20.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,509 | $15,525 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $102,738 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 920 → 1,086+18.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,361
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $397.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5,478Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,57655 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,195The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $865K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Cobb 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 Cobb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 793,345+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 295,714
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 340 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,282
- Median household income
- $102,738+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,477
- Median home value
- $407,200
- Jobs located here
- 414,080
- Daytime population
- 823,370Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 90Cobb County, GA | 35 | 1,576 | 53.3 | 76 | +3.5% | #1,888 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Cobb 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 Cobb County, GA?
There are 1,576 real estate businesses on map listings in Cobb County as of September 2026. 55 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 1,086 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 18.0% from 2019. Another 5,478 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cobb County, GA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $5.2B a year, or $17,509 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,576 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 24% 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 295,714 households in Cobb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cobb County, GA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Cobb County has 53.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 76, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Cobb County would have about 1,195, against 1,576 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 272 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Cobb County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Cobb County at 793,345 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 295,714 households. The median household income in Cobb County is $102,738 a year, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. Cobb County scores 35 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,888 of 2,229 scored counties.
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