Real Estate Almanac
Local Associations
The local Realtor association section of the ORE 200 includes a ranking of all the nation’s local Realtor associations by membership count as of December 31, 2020.
Local Associations Overview
As trade associations, Realtor associations are nonprofits owned by their members. They represent their members and aim to help them improve the quality of service they provide, their education and professional standards. The classic Realtor association mission is simple: to make members more profitable and more successful.
Realtor associations come in three varieties, determined by geographic scope: national, state and local. Realtor associations have a federated makeup: members cannot join just one. When agents join a local association, to gain access to the MLS for example, they automatically join the state and national associations; the memberships are tied together in what is known as the three-way agreement.
Source: Real Estate Almanac
There were 1,069 local Realtor associations at the end of 2020, 19 less than existed at the end of 2019 as recorded in the 2020 ORE 200.
The largest local Realtor associations have tens of thousands of members, and subsequently, healthy revenues that allow them to offer quality products and services to members and to play a large and meaningful role in their communities. Examples include the Miami Association of Realtors (over 48,000 members), the Houston Association of Realtors (over 40,000 members) and Broward, Palm Beaches and St. Lucie Realtors (over 33,000 members).
Source: Real Estate Almanac
On the other end of the size spectrum lie small local Realtor associations, which, because of relatively small revenues and resources, can sometimes struggle to offer a core set of services to members and struggle for relevancy. The industry has a large number of these smaller associations. Just over a third of the nation’s local Realtor associations (35 percent or 373 local associations) have less than 200 members.
Smaller local Realtor associations include the Sierra County Board of Realtors in Elephant Butte, New Mexico (21 members), Mid-Valley Association of Realtors in Kewanee, Illinois (18 members), Nolan County Board of Realtors in Austin, Texas (16 members), Deming Luna County Board of Realtors in Deming, New Mexico (11 members) and Clarksdale Board of Realtors in Clarksdale, Mississippi (10 members). T3 Sixty does not imply any of these do not offer members core standards; they are listed just to provide examples of some of the nation’s smallest Realtor associations.
Some local associations are consolidating but not many. From 2020 to 2021 the number of local Realtor associations dropped 1.7 percent. But they are getting larger. Over that same time period, the average member count and median member count of local associations grew 5.6% and 6.4%, respectively.
Year | No. of Local Associations | Median Local Association Member Count | Average Local Association Member Count |
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2020 | 1,088 | 360 | 1,279 |
2021 | 1,069 | 1,351 | 383 |
% Change | -1.7% | 6.4% | 5.6% |
Source: Real Estate Almanac
Local Association Memberships
Membership in local Realtor associations is clustered among the largest. Twenty-two percent of the nation’s 1,069 local Realtor associations account for approximately 80 percent of the nation’s total local Realtor association membership. The average size of local Realtor associations at the end of 2020 was 1,351 members while the median size was 383 members. Below is a ranking of the residential real estate brokerage industry’s local associations listed as of December 31, 2020. Sorted by end of year membership.
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Miami Association of Realtors
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Houston Association of Realtors
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Long Island Board of Realtors
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West & Southeast Realtorsof the Valley
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Metrotex Association of Realtors
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Orlando Regional RealtorAssociation
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Mainstreet Organization of Realtors
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Chicago Association of Realtors
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Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors
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North Central Jersey Association of Realtors
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Orange County Association of Realtors
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Austin Board of Realtors
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Greater Tampa Association of Realtors
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Greater San Diego Association of Realtors
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Canopy Realtor Association
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San Antonio Board of Realtors
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Pacific West Association of Realtors
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Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors
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Northern Virginia Association of Realtors
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Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors
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22
Greater Los Angeles Realtors
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Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors
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Monmouth/Ocean Regional Realtors
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Greater Boston Real Estate Board
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Southland Regional Association of Realtors
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27
Atlanta RealtorsAssociation
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28
Greater Metropolitan Association of Realtors
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Phoenix Association of Realtors
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Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors
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Salt Lake Board of Realtors
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32
Northeast Florida Association of Realtors
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33
Pinellas RealtorOrganization
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34
Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors
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35
Collin County Association of Realtors
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36
Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors
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37
MIBOR RealtorAssociation
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38
Greater Bergen Association of Realtors
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Columbus Association of Realtors
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40
Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors
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41
St Louis Association of Realtors
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42
St Paul Area Association of Realtors
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43
Sacramento Association of Realtors
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44
RealtorAssociation of Sarasota & Manatee
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45
Royal Palm Coast RealtorAssociation
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46
Denver Metro Association of Realtors
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47
Seattle King County Association of Realtors
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48
Citrus Valley Association of Realtors
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49
Naples Area Board of Realtors
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50
Honolulu Board of Realtors
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