Industry · NAICS 531

Lessors of real estate

The United States has 414,824 employer establishments in lessors of real estate (12.3 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,819,631 people at an average annual pay of $69,396, plus 3,126,860 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
414,824
3,126,860 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
12.3
Paid employees
1,819,631
Average annual pay
$69,396

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Lessors of real estate by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Sunbury, PA108,107323,37830.24×143$40,336577
2Pottsville, PA143,892453,1983.10.25×95$38,800707
3Salem, OH100,060372,7043.70.30×172$36,628549
4Ottawa, IL146,200572,5653.90.32×148$36,959775
5Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI176,299702,51940.32×304$36,6551,002
6Corbin, KY149,593602,49340.33×252$41,452710
7Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607432,47940.33×99$39,222429
8Bay City, MI102,693422,4454.10.33×380$43,037622
9Lumberton, NC118,005492,4084.20.34×129$34,326402
10Monroe, MI155,563652,3934.20.34×210$43,605858
11Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680482,3684.20.34×135$37,200507
12Gadsden, AL103,227462,2444.50.36×139$34,460589
13Johnstown, PA130,590602,1774.60.37×220$45,982561
14Morristown, TN124,431582,1454.70.38×152$32,211828
15Sumter, SC104,396502,0884.80.39×174$43,667548
16Wooster, OH116,551562,0814.80.39×148$33,108916
17Binghamton, NY243,5401202,0304.90.40×426$41,3291,470
18Lebanon, PA144,706722,01050.40×250$44,748955
19Sheboygan, WI117,891591,99850.41×132$37,182692
20Gettysburg, PA106,945541,98050.41×175$48,486640
21Merced, CA294,3191491,9755.10.41×559$41,5991,010
22Anniston-Oxford, AL116,341601,9395.20.42×403$34,273554
23Battle Creek, MI133,331691,9325.20.42×308$43,938535
24Cleveland, TN130,260681,9165.20.42×230$39,157801
25Dalton, GA145,315761,9125.20.42×187$43,219817

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $512.9M on contracts under NAICS 531 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (3,044 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$131.2M26%
    487 awards
  2. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$57.7M11%
    49 awards
  3. Kahului-Wailuku, HI$54.7M11%
    153 awards
  4. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$44.8M8.7%
    131 awards
  5. Topeka, KS$35.9M7.0%
    1 award
  6. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$29.1M5.7%
    6 awards
  7. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$21.2M4.1%
    8 awards
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$14.1M2.7%
    25 awards
  9. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$12.6M2.5%
    21 awards
  10. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$9.3M1.8%
    31 awards

Counties

  1. Miami-Dade County, FL$57.4M11%
    28 awards
  2. District of Columbia, DC$55M11%
    320 awards
  3. Maui County, HI$54.7M11%
    153 awards
  4. Montgomery County, MD$49.9M9.7%
    20 awards
  5. Gwinnett County, GA$36M7.0%
    3 awards
  6. Jackson County, KS$35.9M7.0%
    1 award
  7. Macomb County, MI$28.2M5.5%
    3 awards
  8. Salt Lake County, UT$21.2M4.1%
    8 awards
  9. Harris County, TX$14M2.7%
    24 awards
  10. San Diego County, CA$12.6M2.5%
    21 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Washington city, DC$55M11%
    320 awards
  2. Tamiami CDP, FL$23.1M4.5%
    8 awards
  3. Bethesda CDP, MD$21.5M4.2%
    6 awards
  4. Kendale Lakes CDP, FL$19.8M3.9%
    6 awards
  5. Potomac CDP, MD$18.4M3.6%
    4 awards
  6. South Salt Lake city, UT$14.7M2.9%
    3 awards
  7. Los Angeles city, CA$12.9M2.5%
    13 awards
  8. Duluth city, GA$10.5M2.1%
    2 awards
  9. Aurora city, CO$6.8M1.3%
    4 awards
  10. Atlanta city, GA$6.7M1.3%
    84 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)