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Real estate businesses in Kauai County, HI
How Kauai County, HI 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,076 of 2,229 scored counties
#3 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 136
- 15 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 95
- +23.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $457.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,356 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 78
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.5
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 73,400
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Kauai County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #2,076 of 2,229 scored counties and #3 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 136 real estate businesses in Kauai County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 57.5 for every 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $19,356 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in Kauai County spend about $457.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 22% 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 95 businesses with payroll in Kauai County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 23.4% from 2019. That is one for every 249 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Kauai County. Population estimates show Kauai County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Kauai County compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Kauai County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.5 | 46.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 78 | 99 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 249 | 390 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.4% | +3.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,356 | $19,850 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $97,668 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77 → 95+23.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 516
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 512Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13615 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Kauai 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 Kauai County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 73,400+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,632
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 620 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $97,668+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,466
- Median home value
- $873,200
- Jobs located here
- 28,378
- Daytime population
- 63,469Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hawaii County, HI | 43 | 344 | 46.4 | 90 | +4.6% | #1,483 of 2,229 |
| 2Honolulu County, HI | 38 | 1,338 | 39.5 | 119 | −2.3% | #1,736 of 2,229 |
| 3Kauai County, HI | 30 | 136 | 57.5 | 78 | +0.3% | #2,076 of 2,229 |
| 4Maui County, HI | 23 | 466 | 83.5 | 55 | −2.5% | #2,199 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Kauai 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 Kauai County, HI?
There are 136 real estate businesses on map listings in Kauai County as of September 2026. 15 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 23.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 512 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kauai County, HI spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $457.4M a year, or $19,356 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 136 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 22% 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 23,632 households in Kauai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kauai County, HI compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Kauai County has 57.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 78, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Kauai County would have about 106, against 136 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 249 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Kauai County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Kauai County at 73,400 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,632 households. The median household income in Kauai County is $97,668 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.9% 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. Kauai County scores 30 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,076 of 2,229 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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