Real Estate Agencies in California: 22,558 real estate brokerage offices
California has 22,558 real estate brokerage offices (Census County Business Patterns 2023), 13.8% of the US total and the largest count of any state. In California, 92% of real estate brokerage offices have fewer than five employees, close to the national share of 92%. The average real estate brokerage location in California employs 2.3 people, against 2.4 nationally. Annual payroll per employee is $94,319 in California and $79,090 for the US as a whole. Los Angeles County alone has 6,071 of them (27% of the state), followed by San Diego County with 2,942.
Real Estate Agencies in California by size
| Employees | Locations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 20,752 | 92% |
| 5-9 | 1,141 | 5.1% |
| 10-19 | 403 | 1.8% |
| 20-49 | 186 | 0.8% |
| 50-99 | 44 | 0.2% |
| 100-249 | 20 | 0.1% |
| 250-499 | 10 | 0% |
| 500-999 | withheld | – |
| 1,000+ | withheld | – |
"Withheld" means the Census Bureau does not publish that cell, usually to protect the confidentiality of a few large employers.
Counties with the most real estate brokerage offices in California
| County | Locations | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | 6,071 | 26.9% |
| San Diego County | 2,942 | 13% |
| Orange County | 2,860 | 12.7% |
| Riverside County | 1,169 | 5.2% |
| Santa Clara County | 1,139 | 5% |
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- Industry filter (full search form, after sign-up)
- real estate, commercial real estate
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Questions
How many real estate brokerage offices are in California?
22,558, according to County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 531210). 665 of them have 10 or more employees.
How does California compare with other states for real estate brokerage offices?
California ranks 1st by number of real estate brokerage offices. Florida has 21,144 and Texas has 11,405.
What would a California real estate agency list cost?
Covering every California real estate brokerage location with 10 or more employees once would be 665 records, about $6 at $9 per 1,000 delivered records.
About the numbers
Business counts: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. They count establishments (single physical locations) with paid employees, so firms with several locations count more than once and businesses with no employees are not included. Occupation and pay figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. BLS counts employees only, so self-employed owners are not included in occupation figures. These are public statistics, not the size of the Evascrape database: list cost figures on these pages are upper bounds, because not every location has a matching contact, and you pay only for rows that are delivered. Evascrape prices are from the pricing page: $9 per 1,000 delivered contact records, smallest top-up $10 (about 1,100 records), optional email verification $5 per 1,000, no subscription.