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Real estate businesses in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area
How the College Station-Bryan, TX 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #281 of 387 scored metro areas
#24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 391
- 27 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 228
- +25.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,289 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 89
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.0
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,476
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the College Station-Bryan metro area spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,289 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 11% 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 College Station-Bryan metro area has 391 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 37.0 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 228 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the College Station-Bryan metro area in 2023, up 25.4% from 2019. That is one for every 464 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 1,229 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $450K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the College Station-Bryan metro area.
Population estimates show the College Station-Bryan metro area grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in the College Station-Bryan metro area is 40 (lower middle), #281 of 387 scored metro areas and #24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the College Station-Bryan metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | College Station-Bryan metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.0 | 37.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 89 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 464 | 473 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.4% | +23.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,289 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $60,087 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 228+25.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,003
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,229Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 39127 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 349The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $450K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the College Station-Bryan 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 College Station-Bryan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,476+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 105,688
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,100 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $60,087+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,122
- Median home value
- $279,700
- Jobs located here
- 128,204
- Daytime population
- 289,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the College Station-Bryan metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Odessa, TX | 81 | 121 | 18.7 | 183 | +5.0% | #5 of 387 |
| 2Midland, TX | 65 | 200 | 28.7 | 135 | +9.8% | #58 of 387 |
| 3Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 64 | 353 | 23.6 | 141 | +0.5% | #61 of 387 |
| 4Sherman-Denison, TX | 63 | 175 | 31.7 | 109 | +12.8% | #72 of 387 |
| 5Wichita Falls, TX | 62 | 133 | 23.4 | 141 | +0.7% | #79 of 387 |
| 6Laredo, TX | 62 | 205 | 25.2 | 128 | +5.2% | #83 of 387 |
| 7McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 60 | 680 | 25.2 | 123 | +5.6% | #96 of 387 |
| 8Eagle Pass, TX | 59 | 41 | 22.7 | 132 | +1.7% | #101 of 387 |
| 9Longview, TX | 59 | 287 | 26.5 | 124 | +3.8% | #102 of 387 |
| 10Victoria, TX | 57 | 114 | 30.3 | 110 | +1.6% | #122 of 387 |
| 24College Station-Bryan, TX | 40 | 391 | 37.0 | 89 | +6.9% | #281 of 387 |
Other business types in the College Station-Bryan metro area
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 the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 391 real estate businesses in the College Station-Bryan metro area. 27 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 228 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 25.4% from 2019. Official counts list 1,229 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $14,289 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 391 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 11% 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 105,688 households in the College Station-Bryan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The College Station-Bryan metro area has 37.0 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 89, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the College Station-Bryan metro area would have about 349, against 391 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 464 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the College Station-Bryan metro area at 287,476 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,688 households. Median household income in the College Station-Bryan metro area is $60,087, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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 College Station-Bryan metro area scores 40 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #281 of 387 scored metro areas.
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