Chicago, IL · Property Management
Property Management in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,251 residential property managers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 11,275 people with $772.7 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,251
9th most of 385 US metro areas
11,275
9.0 per business, against 9.1 across all metros
$772.7 million
$68,530 per employee
81%
of businesses, against 85% across all metros
-1.8%
in the number of businesses (1,274 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for residential property managers, 9th of 385.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 9.0 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $68,530 per employee a year, against $59,712.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps property management in Chicago.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Acknowledge every maintenance request in minutes
VERA drafts the tenant reply, the vendor dispatch with unit and access details, and the owner heads-up, so nothing sits in a queue overnight.
Collect rent without the awkward calls
VERA ranks unpaid balances by unit and days late and drafts a courteous reminder with a payment link for each one.
Start renewals while you still have time
VERA flags leases well ahead of expiration and drafts the renewal offer on your template, so units renew instead of turning over.
Questions
Property Management in Chicago
How many residential property managers are there in Chicago?
1,251 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 11,275 people and paid $772.7 million in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for property management growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,274 to 1,251 (-1.8%).
What does VERA do for property management in Chicago?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Chicago 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 Chicago 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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