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Real estate businesses in Sedgwick County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Sedgwick County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,097 of 2,229 scored counties
#32 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
780
64 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
440
+13.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.8B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,652 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
84
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.7
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
538,433
+2.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Sedgwick County is 29 (lower middle), #2,097 of 2,229 scored counties and #32 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 780 real estate businesses in Sedgwick County. 64 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 37.7 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

At $13,652 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Sedgwick County spend about $2.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 16% 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 440 businesses with payroll in Sedgwick County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 13.1% from 2019. That is one for every 470 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $450K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Sedgwick County. Population estimates put the population change in Sedgwick County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sedgwick County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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.

Real estate in Sedgwick County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSedgwick CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.732.338.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)84101100
Households per official establishment470498414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.1%+6.8%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,652$14,105$16,661
Median household income$69,365$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score2939

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
389 → 440+13.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,281
Annual payroll, 2023
$129.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,309Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
78064 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
652The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$450K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County

Population, 2025 estimate
538,433+2.6% since 2020
Households
206,768
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
530
Median household income
$69,365+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,235
Median home value
$203,300
Jobs located here
261,004
Daytime population
549,658Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Sedgwick County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, KS69912.1275−0.2%#228 of 2,229
2Wyandotte County, KS62619.9303+1.0%#482 of 2,229
3Osage County, KS571117.1182−0.3%#717 of 2,229
4Miami County, KS572820.4168+5.9%#725 of 2,229
5Pottawatomie County, KS561819.2179+6.9%#768 of 2,229
6Leavenworth County, KS565819.2179+3.2%#769 of 2,229
7Dickinson County, KS561620.0156+1.4%#778 of 2,229
8Nemaha County, KS54512.4258−2.1%#849 of 2,229
9Atchison County, KS5258.7338−0.9%#950 of 2,229
10Cherokee County, KS5167.6374−1.0%#1,013 of 2,229
32Sedgwick County, KS2978037.784+2.6%#2,097 of 2,229

Other business types in Sedgwick County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Sedgwick County, KS?

There are 780 real estate businesses on map listings in Sedgwick County as of September 2026. 64 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 440 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 13.1% from 2019. Another 2,309 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Sedgwick County, KS spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.8B a year, or $13,652 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 780 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 16% 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 206,768 households in Sedgwick County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sedgwick County, KS compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Sedgwick County has 37.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 84, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Sedgwick County would have about 652, against 780 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 470 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Sedgwick County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sedgwick County at 538,433 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,768 households. The median household income in Sedgwick County is $69,365 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Sedgwick County scores 29 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,097 of 2,229 scored counties.

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