San Francisco, CA · Real Estate Agents

Real Estate Agents in San Francisco, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 2,990 real estate agent and broker offices in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 10,454 people with $1.5 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

2,990

10th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

10,454

3.5 per business, against 2.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$1.5 billion

$144,025 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

96%

of businesses, against 97% across all metros

Change since 2022

-2.4%

in the number of businesses (3,062 in 2022)

What the numbers say about San Francisco.

  • San Francisco is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for real estate agent and broker offices, 10th of 387.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 3.5 employees each, against 2.4 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $144,025 per employee a year, against $80,893.
  • The count fell by 72 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps real estate agents in San Francisco.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

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Questions

Real Estate Agents in San Francisco

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

2,990 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 10,454 people and paid $1.5 billion in annual payroll.

Is the San Francisco market for real estate agents growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 3,062 to 2,990 (-2.4%).

What does VERA do for real estate agents 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.

Real Estate Agents 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 real estate agent and broker offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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