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Real estate businesses in Douglas County, GA
How Douglas 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,001 of 2,229 scored counties
#49 of 106 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 150
- 10 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 84
- +2.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $808.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,518 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 124
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.8
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 154,293
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $15,518 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $808.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 24% above 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.
There are 150 real estate businesses on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 7%, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.8, 25% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 84 businesses with payroll in Douglas County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 620 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 633 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Douglas County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,001 of 2,229 scored counties and #49 of 106 scored counties in Georgia.
How Douglas 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 | Douglas County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.8 | 39.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 124 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 620 | 377 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.4% | +20.8% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,518 | $15,525 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $82,984 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 82 → 84+2.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 216
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 633Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 187The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 154,293+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 52,079
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 200 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 739
- Median household income
- $82,984+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,270
- Median home value
- $296,900
- Jobs located here
- 54,494
- Daytime population
- 134,308Residents 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 |
| 49Douglas County, GA | 52 | 150 | 28.8 | 124 | +6.6% | #1,001 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Douglas 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 Douglas County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 150 real estate businesses in Douglas County. 10 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 84 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019. Another 633 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Douglas County, GA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $808.1M a year, or $15,518 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 150 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 24% 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 businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,079 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, GA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Douglas County has 28.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 124, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Douglas County would have about 187, against 150 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 620 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 154,293 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,079 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $82,984, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.0%, 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. Douglas County scores 52 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #1,001 of 2,229 scored counties.
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