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Real estate businesses in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area

How the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #319 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada

Listings
5,140
276 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
2,894
+15.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$15.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $17,740 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
69
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
59.6
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,407,226
+5.8% 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

For real estate businesses, the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #319 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area comes to about $15.3B a year: $17,740 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 31% 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.

The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area has 5,140 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That is 59.6 per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 2,894 businesses with payroll in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 15.1% from 2019. That is one for every 298 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 48 SBA-backed loans worth $17.2M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area compares

The same measures for Nevada 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureLas Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro areaNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households59.657.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)6972100
Households per official establishment298310414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.1%+16.0%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$17,740$17,879$16,661
Median household income$76,472$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market score3734

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
2,894+15.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
16,137
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1B
One-person businesses, 2023
16,205Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5,140276 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3,532The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
48
Amount
$17.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area, 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 the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
2,407,226+5.8% since 2020
Households
862,518
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
7,892 sq. mi.
People per square mile
295
Median household income
$76,472+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,279
Median home value
$431,000
Jobs located here
1,114,493
Daytime population
2,346,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Nevada

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Nevada for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Nevada, with the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Nevada

Metro areas in Nevada ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Reno, NV391,33059.173+5.0%#297 of 387
2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV375,14059.669+5.8%#319 of 387
3Carson City, NV3112351.977−0.2%#367 of 387

Other business types in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5,140 real estate businesses in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area. 276 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 2,894 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 15.1% from 2019. Official counts list 16,205 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $15.3B a year, or $17,740 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5,140 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 31% 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 862,518 households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area has 59.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 69, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area would have about 3,532, against 5,140 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 298 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area at 2,407,226 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 862,518 households. Median household income in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area is $76,472, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area scores 37 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #319 of 387 scored metro areas.

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