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NAICS 531210
Offices of real estate agents and brokers

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

53	Real estate & rental & leasing	322,815	335,587,706	60,222,584	1,948,657
531	Real estate	256,086	223,563,114	41,656,938	1,304,841
5312	Offices of real estate agents & brokers	76,341	63,381,021	10,383,693	280,754
53121	Offices of real estate agents & brokers	76,341	63,381,021	10,383,693	280,754
531210	Offices of real estate agents & brokers	76,341	63,381,021	10,383,693	280,754
5312101	Offices of residential real estate agents & brokers	62,692	51,029,555	6,648,765	214,576
5312109	Offices of nonresidential real estate agents & brokers	13,649	12,351,466	3,734,928	66,178

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)
N = Not available
53	Real estate & rental & leasing	2,202,857	497,377,835	1,880,042	85.3	161,790,129	32.5	322,815	335,587,706
531	Real estate	2,055,279	379,713,451	1,799,193	87.5	156,150,337	41.1	256,086	223,563,114
5312	Offices of real estate agents & brokers	646,290	89,388,094	569,949	88.2	26,007,073	29.1	76,341	63,381,021
53121	Offices of real estate agents & brokers	646,290	89,388,094	569,949	88.2	26,007,073	29.1	76,341	63,381,021
531210	Offices of real estate agents & brokers	646,290	89,388,094	569,949	88.2	26,007,073	29.1	76,341	63,381,021

Definition: NAICS 531210 Offices of real estate agents and brokers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as agents and/or brokers in one or more of the following: (1) selling real estate for others; (2) buying real estate for others; and (3) renting real estate for others.

Historical comparability

NAICS 531210, Offices of real estate agents and brokers, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

531210	Offices of real estate agents & brokers	2002	76,341	63,381,021	10,383,693	280,754
		1997	60,620	38,945,434	6,791,721	219,633
		% change	25.9	62.7	52.9	27.8

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Geographic Distribution -- Offices of real estate agents and brokers: 2002

Data for the Real estate & rental & leasing sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, and places.

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Revenue
($1,000)

Revenue
% of
U.S.

Revenue
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

76,341

63,381,021

100.00

220

10,383,693

280,754

California

9,498

10,701,423

16.88

306

1,635,884

37,993

Florida

7,827

6,079,801

9.59

364

900,232

26,965

New York

4,245

4,289,098

6.77

224

882,189

18,085

Texas

4,466

3,470,023

5.47

159

665,942

15,950

Illinois

2,988

2,821,189

4.45

224

467,670

11,957

New Jersey

1,828

2,133,491

3.37

249

380,364

8,426

Virginia

2,053

2,127,256

3.36

292

384,946

9,408

Washington

1,866

2,034,740

3.21

335

339,311

9,231

Colorado

3,056

1,957,336

3.09

435

319,574

10,123

Georgia

2,769

1,932,854

3.05

225

320,142

9,590

Pennsylvania

1,978

1,758,466

2.77

143

291,641

8,197

North Carolina

2,368

1,641,888

2.59

197

293,971

8,814

Massachusetts

1,444

1,545,988

2.44

240

286,183

5,570

Ohio

1,990

1,486,365

2.35

130

224,969

7,229

Minnesota

1,915

1,372,847

2.17

273

185,439

5,760

Maryland

1,497

1,330,472

2.10

245

234,533

5,577

Missouri

1,431

1,182,847

1.87

208

193,751

6,119

Tennessee

1,086

972,580

1.53

168

149,159

4,900

South Carolina

1,233

933,435

1.47

228

167,752

5,374

Connecticut

762

887,983

1.40

257

137,367

2,781

Wisconsin

1,217

813,331

1.28

150

114,911

3,829

Oregon

1,311

805,793

1.27

229

118,257

3,700

Indiana

1,289

783,822

1.24

127

106,709

3,829

Nevada

749

642,092

1.01

296

108,532

3,137

Hawaii

448

555,125

0.88

450

105,177

3,509

Alabama

814

498,159

0.79

111

93,259

3,215

Kansas

730

423,228

0.67

156

65,820

2,207

Utah

1,072

420,287

0.66

181

56,672

2,233

Kentucky

712

368,770

0.58

46,306

1,814

Louisiana

650

359,998

0.57

57,482

2,086

Iowa

608

355,563

0.56

121

40,436

1,540

Oklahoma

718

323,339

0.51

52,739

1,977

Nebraska

468

315,527

0.50

183

45,655

1,634

New Mexico

526

284,098

0.45

153

37,204

1,342

New Hampshire

410

270,007

0.43

212

47,005

1,234

Idaho

544

268,784

0.42

200

32,144

1,311

Arkansas

548

259,872

0.41

41,371

1,657

Delaware

241

214,366

0.34

266

34,162

776

Maine

428

204,245

0.32

157

29,448

945

Rhode Island

259

197,016

0.31

184

25,970

819

Mississippi

413

171,793

0.27

21,010

901

Montana

436

166,469

0.26

183

24,107

990

Alaska

161

115,629

0.18

181

11,731

420

Wyoming

225

104,540

0.16

210

10,855

497

West Virginia

228

104,098

0.16

14,482

664

Vermont

219

100,883

0.16

164

14,979

527

South Dakota

179

85,382

0.13

112

10,018

474

North Dakota

111

51,487

0.08

6,201

286

All other states, including those below

4,327

3,457,236

5.45

550,032

15,152

Arizona

2,125

(5000-9999)

Michigan

2,047

(5000-9999)

District of Columbia

155

(1000-2499)

Products Lines for Offices of real estate agents and brokers
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
50000	Industry total	63,381,021	100.00
52101	Residential property sales - brokerage fees & commissions	42,445,731	66.97
52104	Nonresidential property rental - brokerage fees & commissions	5,194,382	8.20
52103	Nonresidential property sales - brokerage fees & commissions	4,210,032	6.64
52102	Residential property rental - brokerage fees & commissions	4,003,434	6.32
	-Other	7,527,442	11.88

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Offices of real estate agents and brokers
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-53SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US
EC02-53SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-53SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Real Estate Agents & Brokers	US, states
EC02-53SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Commissions & Fees Paid to Co-Brokerage Companies	US
EC02-53I-07	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-53A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 531210
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas