Chicago, IL · Real Estate Agents
Real Estate Agents in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 4,252 real estate agent and broker offices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 11,786 people with $1 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
4,252
6th most of 387 US metro areas
11,786
2.8 per business, against 2.4 across all metros
$1 billion
$86,712 per employee
96%
of businesses, against 97% across all metros
-0.5%
in the number of businesses (4,272 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for real estate agent and broker offices, 6th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 2.8 employees.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps real estate agents in Chicago.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
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Fill your calendar with showings
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Questions
Real Estate Agents in Chicago
How many real estate agent and broker offices are there in Chicago?
4,252 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 11,786 people and paid $1 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for real estate agents growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 4,272 to 4,252 (-0.5%).
What does VERA do for real estate agents 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.
Real Estate Agents 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 real estate agent and broker offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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