Boston, MA · Property Management
Property Management in Boston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,263 residential property managers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area in 2023, employing 15,037 people with $1 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,263
8th most of 385 US metro areas
15,037
11.9 per business, against 9.1 across all metros
$1 billion
$68,413 per employee
82%
of businesses, against 85% across all metros
+26.9%
in the number of businesses (995 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Boston.
- Boston is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for residential property managers, 8th of 385.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 11.9 employees each, against 9.1 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $68,413 per employee a year, against $59,712.
- The market grew: 268 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps property management in Boston.
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Collect rent without the awkward calls
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Start renewals while you still have time
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Questions
Property Management in Boston
How many residential property managers are there in Boston?
1,263 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 15,037 people and paid $1 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Boston market for property management growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 995 to 1,263 (+26.9%).
What does VERA do for property management in Boston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Boston business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Property Management in other markets
Other Boston markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is residential property managers, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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