Houston, TX · Real Estate Agents

Real Estate Agents in Houston, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 2,582 real estate agent and broker offices in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 6,722 people with $580.2 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

2,582

16th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

6,722

2.6 per business, against 2.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$580.2 million

$86,312 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

96%

of businesses, against 97% across all metros

Change since 2022

+0.4%

in the number of businesses (2,571 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Houston.

  • Houston is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of real estate agent and broker offices, 16th of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 2.6 employees.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps real estate agents in Houston.

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Questions

Real Estate Agents in Houston

How many real estate agent and broker offices are there in Houston?

2,582 in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 6,722 people and paid $580.2 million in annual payroll.

Is the Houston market for real estate agents growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 2,571 to 2,582 (+0.4%).

What does VERA do for real estate agents in Houston?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Houston 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 Houston 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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