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Real estate businesses in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area
How the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #126 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 862
- 47 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 914
- +14.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,681 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 109
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.7
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 773,426
- +14.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area spend about $4.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $19,681 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has 862 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 47 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 41.7 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 914 businesses with payroll in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 14.2% from 2019. That is one for every 226 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4,605 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $15.9M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +14.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #126 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah.
How the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.7 | 49.9 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 109 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 226 | 201 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.2% | +12.5% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.5% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,681 | $19,198 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $100,704 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 914+14.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,601
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $262.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4,605Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 86247 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 940The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $15.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Provo-Orem-Lehi 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 773,426+14.5% since 2020
- Households
- 206,880
- Median age
- 27.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 5,396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $100,704+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,279
- Median home value
- $535,500
- Jobs located here
- 299,641
- Daytime population
- 678,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 56 | 862 | 41.7 | 109 | +14.5% | #126 of 387 |
| 2Ogden, UT | 55 | 834 | 39.0 | 116 | +5.3% | #134 of 387 |
| 3Logan, UT-ID | 47 | 212 | 42.9 | 96 | +8.8% | #215 of 387 |
| 4Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 38 | 2,473 | 54.9 | 82 | +3.8% | #301 of 387 |
| 5St. George, UT | 38 | 484 | 69.4 | 60 | +17.4% | #307 of 387 |
Other business types in the Provo-Orem-Lehi 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 862 real estate businesses in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. 47 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 914 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 14.2% from 2019. Another 4,605 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.1B a year, or $19,681 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 862 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 206,880 households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has 41.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 8% above 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area would have about 940, against 862 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 226 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area at 773,426 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,880 households. Median household income in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area is $100,704, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area scores 56 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #126 of 387 scored metro areas.
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