San Francisco, CA · Property Management
Property Management in San Francisco, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,322 residential property managers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 10,187 people with $761.3 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,322
5th most of 385 US metro areas
10,187
7.7 per business, against 9.1 across all metros
$761.3 million
$74,729 per employee
88%
of businesses, against 85% across all metros
+6.1%
in the number of businesses (1,246 in 2022)
What the numbers say about San Francisco.
- San Francisco is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for residential property managers, 5th of 385.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 7.7 employees each, against 9.1 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $74,729 per employee a year, against $59,712.
- The market grew: 76 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps property management in San Francisco.
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 San Francisco
How many residential property managers are there in San Francisco?
1,322 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 10,187 people and paid $761.3 million in annual payroll.
Is the San Francisco market for property management growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,246 to 1,322 (+6.1%).
What does VERA do for property management in San Francisco?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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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