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Real estate businesses in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area

The real estate businesses in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #200 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
1,006
69 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
408
+6.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$4.8B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,823 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
109
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
29.2
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
826,554
+1.5% since 2020

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What this means

At $13,823 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area spend about $4.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 9% 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.

The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area has 1,006 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That is 29.2 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 408 businesses with payroll in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 6.6% from 2019. That is one for every 844 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 2,775 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #200 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureDayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households29.226.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)109122100
Households per official establishment844728414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.6%+14.4%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,823$13,878$16,661
Median household income$71,739$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4855

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
408+6.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,988
Annual payroll, 2023
$128.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,775Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,00669 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,099The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$4.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
826,554+1.5% since 2020
Households
344,391
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,282 sq. mi.
People per square mile
637
Median household income
$71,739+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,671
Median home value
$201,100
Jobs located here
367,228
Daytime population
828,495Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Ohio

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH6222314.7216−2.6%#73 of 387
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH615911.9254−3.6%#84 of 387
1Springfield, OH618815.7191−0.4%#85 of 387
2Lima, OH616816.5183−1.2%#86 of 387
Wheeling, WV-OH599015.5198−3.6%#97 of 387
3Youngstown-Warren, OH5533718.3160−1.4%#127 of 387
4Mansfield, OH539318.6158−0.1%#149 of 387
5Toledo, OH5257222.5138−1.0%#158 of 387
6Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN522,69629.7115+2.7%#163 of 387
7Canton-Massillon, OH5139223.5132−0.2%#172 of 387
9Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH481,00629.2109+1.5%#200 of 387

Other business types in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,006 real estate businesses in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area. 69 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 408 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 6.6% from 2019. Another 2,775 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $4.8B a year, or $13,823 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 1,006 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 9% 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 344,391 households in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area has 29.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 109, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area would have about 1,099, against 1,006 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 844 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area at 826,554 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 344,391 households. Median household income in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area is $71,739, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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. The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek metro area scores 48 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #200 of 387 scored metro areas.

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