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Real estate businesses in Queen Anne’s County, MD

How Queen Anne’s County, MD 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,363 of 2,229 scored counties
#12 of 24 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
89
4 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
57
+23.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$359M
On rent and homeowner costs · $18,034 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
93
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
44.7
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,448
+8.8% 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

At $18,034 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Queen Anne’s County spend about $359M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 7% 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.

Queen Anne’s County has 89 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 44.7, 16% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 57 businesses with payroll in Queen Anne’s County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 23.9% from 2019. That is one for every 349 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 416 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Queen Anne’s County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Queen Anne’s County grew 8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Queen Anne’s County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,363 of 2,229 scored counties and #12 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.

How Queen Anne’s County compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Queen Anne’s County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureQueen Anne’s CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households44.740.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)93100100
Households per official establishment349454414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.9%+9.2%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.8%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$18,034$17,488$16,661
Median household income$112,826$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score4544

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
46 → 57+23.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
82
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
416Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
894 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
83The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
54,448+8.8% since 2020
Households
19,907
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
372 sq. mi.
People per square mile
139
Median household income
$112,826+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$141,291
Median home value
$462,700
Jobs located here
15,070
Daytime population
42,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Maryland

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The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Queen Anne’s County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Caroline County, MD661612.8262+2.5%#333 of 2,229
2Somerset County, MD641012.0263+1.7%#398 of 2,229
3Cecil County, MD5610525.9145+3.2%#783 of 2,229
4Allegany County, MD554616.8186−1.6%#818 of 2,229
5Charles County, MD5525041.1104+5.9%#842 of 2,229
6St. Mary’s County, MD5313030.6138+2.4%#936 of 2,229
7Prince George’s County, MD531,00628.9137+0.5%#937 of 2,229
8Dorchester County, MD522820.7158+3.4%#983 of 2,229
9Carroll County, MD5019630.5139+2.2%#1,082 of 2,229
10Frederick County, MD5046744.697+11.0%#1,108 of 2,229
12Queen Anne’s County, MD458944.793+8.8%#1,363 of 2,229

Other business types in Queen Anne’s County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Queen Anne’s County, MD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 real estate businesses in Queen Anne’s County. 4 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 23.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 416 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Queen Anne’s County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $359M a year, or $18,034 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 89 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 7% 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 19,907 households in Queen Anne’s County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Queen Anne’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Queen Anne’s County has 44.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 93, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Queen Anne’s County would have about 83, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 349 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Queen Anne’s County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Queen Anne’s County at 54,448 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,907 households. Median household income in Queen Anne’s County is $112,826, 40% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Queen Anne’s County scores 45 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,363 of 2,229 scored counties.

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