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Real estate businesses in Ottawa County, OH
How Ottawa County, OH 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,927 of 2,229 scored counties
#81 of 85 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 65
- 2 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $260.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,088 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 93
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.1
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,481
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Ottawa County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,927 of 2,229 scored counties and #81 of 85 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ottawa County spend about $260.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,088 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. 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.
There are 65 real estate businesses on map listings in Ottawa County as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 35.1 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ottawa County in 2023. That is one for every 1,028 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ottawa County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ottawa County 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.
| Measure | Ottawa County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.1 | 26.4 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 93 | 122 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,028 | 728 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.4% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,088 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $76,101 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 184Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 652 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,481−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 18,504
- Median age
- 49.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 255 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $76,101+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,812
- Median home value
- $219,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,612
- Daytime population
- 34,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Ottawa County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holmes County, OH | 76 | 13 | 9.7 | 341 | +1.7% | #82 of 2,229 |
| 2Putnam County, OH | 75 | 12 | 9.1 | 365 | 0.0% | #97 of 2,229 |
| 3Henry County, OH | 71 | 11 | 9.6 | 335 | −0.2% | #178 of 2,229 |
| 4Madison County, OH | 70 | 34 | 21.7 | 156 | +7.1% | #218 of 2,229 |
| 5Brown County, OH | 66 | 21 | 12.3 | 252 | +1.6% | #335 of 2,229 |
| 6Perry County, OH | 66 | 18 | 13.4 | 230 | +1.3% | #338 of 2,229 |
| 7Pickaway County, OH | 66 | 44 | 20.1 | 160 | +7.4% | #356 of 2,229 |
| 8Fulton County, OH | 65 | 22 | 13.0 | 248 | −1.9% | #371 of 2,229 |
| 9Hardin County, OH | 64 | 9 | 7.7 | 393 | −2.1% | #390 of 2,229 |
| 10Clermont County, OH | 64 | 138 | 16.2 | 210 | +3.9% | #412 of 2,229 |
| 81Ottawa County, OH | 34 | 65 | 35.1 | 93 | −2.0% | #1,927 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 65 real estate businesses in Ottawa County. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 184 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ottawa County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $260.7M a year, or $14,088 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 65 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 18,504 households in Ottawa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ottawa County, OH compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Ottawa County has 35.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below 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, Ottawa County would have about 60, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,028 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Ottawa County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ottawa County at 39,481 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,504 households. Median household income in Ottawa County is $76,101, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Ottawa County scores 34 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,927 of 2,229 scored counties.
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