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
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.

2021 Rank

Local Realtor Association

2020 EOY Membership

401 Laguna Board of Realtors

Laguna Beach

Rank:

401

Membership:

590

Laguna Board of Realtors, based out of Laguna Beach, CA, reported 590 members in 2020, andecrease of -3.8% from the prior year, and a -2.8% a decrease from 2018.

401 Youngstown Columbiana Association of Realtors

Youngstown

Rank:

401

Membership:

590

Youngstown Columbiana Association of Realtors, based out of Youngstown, OH, reported 590 members in 2020, an increase of 1.5% from the prior year, and a 10.9% an increase from 2018.

403 Greater Lakes Association of Realtors

Baxter

Rank:

403

Membership:

584

Greater Lakes Association of Realtors, based out of Baxter, MN, reported 584 members in 2020, an increase of 2.5% from the prior year, and a 3.5% an increase from 2018.

403 Pueblo Association of Realtors

Pueblo

Rank:

403

Membership:

584

Pueblo Association of Realtors, based out of Pueblo, CO, reported 584 members in 2020, an increase of 5.2% from the prior year, and a 12.1% an increase from 2018.

405 Lorain County Association of Realtors

Sheffield Village

Rank:

405

Membership:

580

Lorain County Association of Realtors, based out of Sheffield Village, OH, reported 580 members in 2020, an increase of 5.3% from the prior year, and a 11.3% an increase from 2018.

405 Tuscaloosa Association of Realtors

Tuscaloosa

Rank:

405

Membership:

580

Tuscaloosa Association of Realtors, based out of Tuscaloosa, AL, reported 580 members in 2020, an increase of 8.6% from 2019, and a 20.3% an increase from 2018.

407 Greater Scranton Board of Realtors

Clarks Summit

Rank:

407

Membership:

579

Greater Scranton Board of Realtors, based out of Clarks Summit, PA, reported 579 members in 2020, andecrease of -3.0% from the prior year, and a .9% an increase from 2018.

407 Sussex County Association of Realtors

Sparta

Rank:

407

Membership:

579

Sussex County Association of Realtors, based out of Sparta, NJ, reported 579 members in 2020, an increase of .9% from the prior year, and a 10.3% an increase from 2018.

409 Sedona Verde Valley Association of Realtors

Sedona

Rank:

409

Membership:

577

Sedona Verde Valley Association of Realtors, based out of Sedona, AZ, reported 577 members in 2020, an increase of 3.6% from the prior year, and a 2.7% an increase from 2018.

410 Dearborn Area Board of Realtors

Dearborn

Rank:

410

Membership:

576

Dearborn Area Board of Realtors, based out of Dearborn, MI, reported 576 members in 2020, an increase of 3.4% from the prior year, and a 4.7% an increase from 2018.

411 Cache Rich Association of Realtors

Logan

Rank:

411

Membership:

573

Cache Rich Association of Realtors, based out of Logan, UT, reported 573 members in 2020, an increase of 18.9% from 2019, and a 25.7% an increase from 2018.

412 Middle Georgia Association of Realtors

Macon

Rank:

412

Membership:

570

Middle Georgia Association of Realtors, based out of Macon, GA, reported 570 members in 2020, an increase of 21.0% from the prior year, and a 25.8% an increase from 2018.

412 River Counties Association of Realtors

Cleveland

Rank:

412

Membership:

570

River Counties Association of Realtors, based out of Cleveland, TN, reported 570 members in 2020, andecrease of -3.4% from the prior year, and a 4.8% an increase from 2018.

414 Las Cruces Association of Realtors

Las Cruces

Rank:

414

Membership:

568

Las Cruces Association of Realtors, based out of Las Cruces, NM, reported 568 members in 2020, an increase of 4.8% from the prior year, and a 14.1% an increase from 2018.

415 Newnan Coweta Board of Realtors

Newnan

Rank:

415

Membership:

567

Newnan Coweta Board of Realtors, based out of Newnan, GA, reported 567 members in 2020, an increase of 7.4% from 2019, and a 17.6% an increase from 2018.

415 Southern Ohio Association of Realtors

Batavia

Rank:

415

Membership:

567

Southern Ohio Association of Realtors, based out of Batavia, OH, reported 567 members in 2020, andecrease of -.4% from the prior year, and a 1.6% an increase from 2018.

417 Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors

Truckee

Rank:

417

Membership:

566

Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors, based out of Truckee, CA, reported 566 members in 2020, an decrease of -1.0% from the prior year, and a 3.5% an increase from 2018.

418 North Puget Sound Association of Realtors

Mount Vernon

Rank:

418

Membership:

564

North Puget Sound Association of Realtors, based out of Mount Vernon, WA, reported 564 members in 2020, andecrease of -.2% from the prior year, and a 1.4% an increase from 2018.

418 Solano Association of Realtors

Vallejo

Rank:

418

Membership:

564

Solano Association of Realtors, based out of Vallejo, CA, reported 564 members in 2020, an decrease of -1.1% from the prior year, and a 2.2% an increase from 2018.

418 Western Magic Valley Realtors (Greater Twin Falls Associaiton of Realtors)

Twin Falls

Rank:

418

Membership:

564

Western Magic Valley Realtors ater Twin Falls Associaiton of Realtors), based out of Twin Falls, ID, reported 564 members in 2020, an increase of 5.2% from the prior year, and a 15.1% an increase from 2018.

421 Berkshire County Board of Realtors

Pittsfield

Rank:

421

Membership:

559

Berkshire County Board of Realtors, based out of Pittsfield, MA, reported 559 members in 2020, an increase of 11.6% from the prior year, and a 16.2% an increase from 2018.

422 Northeast Arkansas Board of Realtors

Jonesboro

Rank:

422

Membership:

558

Northeast Arkansas Board of Realtors, based out of Jonesboro, AR, reported 558 members in 2020, an increase of 7.3% from the prior year, and a 12.5% an increase from 2018.

422 Orange Chatham Association of Realtors

Chapel Hill

Rank:

422

Membership:

558

Orange Chatham Association of Realtors, based out of Chapel Hill, NC, reported 558 members in 2020, an increase of 1.3% from 2019, and a 2.6% an increase from 2018.

422 South Bend Area Realtors

South Bend

Rank:

422

Membership:

558

South Bend Area Realtors, based out of South Bend, IN, reported 558 members in 2020, an increase of 3.5% from 2019, and a 6.7% an increase from 2018.

425 Greater Texoma Association of Realtors

Sherman

Rank:

425

Membership:

557

Greater Texoma Association of Realtors, based out of Sherman, TX, reported 557 members in 2020, an increase of 5.9% from the prior year, and a 14.4% an increase from 2018.

426 Ozark Gateway Association of Realtors

Joplin

Rank:

426

Membership:

556

Ozark Gateway Association of Realtors, based out of Joplin, MO, reported 556 members in 2020, an increase of 2.4% from the prior year, and a 8.6% an increase from 2018.

427 RealtorsAssociation of Westmoreland Indiana & Mon Valley

Greensburg

Rank:

427

Membership:

553

Realtors Association of Westmoreland Indiana & Mon Valley, based out of Greensburg, PA, reported 553 members in 2020, an decrease of -2.6% from 2019, and a -.5% a decrease from 2018.

428 Willamette Association of Realtors

Albany

Rank:

428

Membership:

552

Willamette Association of Realtors, based out of Albany, OR, reported 552 members in 2020, an increase of 3.8% from 2019, and a 15.2% an increase from 2018.

429 Beaver County Association of Realtors

Beaver

Rank:

429

Membership:

551

Beaver County Association of Realtors, based out of Beaver, PA, reported 551 members in 2020, an increase of 4.0% from the prior year, and a 10.4% an increase from 2018.

430 Sutter Yuba Association of Realtors

Yuba City

Rank:

430

Membership:

550

Sutter Yuba Association of Realtors, based out of Yuba City, CA, reported 550 members in 2020, andecrease of -2.1% from the prior year, and a 1.7% an increase from 2018.

431 Amelia Island-Nassau County Assoc of Realtors

Fernandina Beach

Rank:

431

Membership:

548

Amelia Island-Nassau County Assoc of Realtors, based out of Fernandina Beach, FL, reported 548 members in 2020, an increase of 5.2% from the prior year, and a 12.3% an increase from 2018.

431 Columbia-Greene Board of Realtors

Hudson

Rank:

431

Membership:

548

Columbia-Greene Board of Realtors, based out of Hudson, NY, reported 548 members in 2020, an increase of 6.0% from the prior year, and a 10.0% an increase from 2018.

433 Merced County Association of Realtors

Merced

Rank:

433

Membership:

543

Merced County Association of Realtors, based out of Merced, CA, reported 543 members in 2020, an decrease of -.2% from 2019, and a 4.0% an increase from 2018.

433 Teton Board of Realtors

Jackson

Rank:

433

Membership:

543

Teton Board of Realtors, based out of Jackson, WY, reported 543 members in 2020, an increase of 1.5% from the prior year, and a 7.1% an increase from 2018.

435 Newport County Board of Realtors

Middletown

Rank:

435

Membership:

539

Newport County Board of Realtors, based out of Middletown, RI, reported 539 members in 2020, an increase of .9% from 2019, and a 8.5% an increase from 2018.

435 St Cloud Area Association of Realtors

Sartell

Rank:

435

Membership:

539

St Cloud Area Association of Realtors, based out of Sartell, MN, reported 539 members in 2020, an increase of 5.3% from the prior year, and a 9.1% an increase from 2018.

437 Palm Beach Board of Realtors

Palm Beach

Rank:

437

Membership:

538

Palm Beach Board of Realtors, based out of Palm Beach, FL, reported 538 members in 2020, an increase of 1.5% from 2019, and a 4.3% an increase from 2018.

438 Blue Ridge Association of Realtors

Winchester

Rank:

438

Membership:

537

Blue Ridge Association of Realtors, based out of Winchester, VA, reported 537 members in 2020, an decrease of -.7% from 2019, and a 5.9% an increase from 2018.

439 Nevada County Association of Realtors

Grass Valley

Rank:

439

Membership:

536

Nevada County Association of Realtors, based out of Grass Valley, CA, reported 536 members in 2020, an decrease of -2.7% from 2019, and a -2.4% a decrease from 2018.

439 Ocean City Board of Realtors

Ocean City

Rank:

439

Membership:

536

Ocean City Board of Realtors, based out of Ocean City, NJ, reported 536 members in 2020, andecrease of -.9% from the prior year, and a 2.1% an increase from 2018.

441 North San Luis Obispo County Association of Realtors

Paso Robles

Rank:

441

Membership:

535

North San Luis Obispo County Association of Realtors, based out of Paso Robles, CA, reported 535 members in 2020, an increase of 1.7% from 2019, and a 2.9% an increase from 2018.

442 Central West Tennessee Association of Realtors

Jackson

Rank:

442

Membership:

534

Central West Tennessee Association of Realtors, based out of Jackson, TN, reported 534 members in 2020, an increase of 6.6% from the prior year, and a 15.8% an increase from 2018.

443 Firelands Association of Realtors

Sandusky

Rank:

443

Membership:

531

Firelands Association of Realtors, based out of Sandusky, OH, reported 531 members in 2020, an increase of 2.3% from 2019, and a 6.6% an increase from 2018.

444 Abilene Association of Realtors

Abilene

Rank:

444

Membership:

525

Abilene Association of Realtors, based out of Abilene, TX, reported 525 members in 2020, an increase of 7.1% from the prior year, and a 11.7% an increase from 2018.

444 Central Illinois Board of Realtors

Charleston

Rank:

444

Membership:

525

Central Illinois Board of Realtors ville Area Board of Realtors), based out of Charleston, IL, reported 525 members in 2020, an decrease of -1.5% from the prior year, and a 19.9% an increase from 2018.

446 Nampa Association of Realtors

Nampa

Rank:

446

Membership:

523

Nampa Association of Realtors, based out of Nampa, ID, reported 523 members in 2020, an increase of 21.6% from 2019, and a 27.3% an increase from 2018.

447 Tri Lakes Board of Realtors

Branson

Rank:

447

Membership:

522

Tri Lakes Board of Realtors, based out of Branson, MO, reported 522 members in 2020, an increase of 9.4% from 2019, and a 21.7% an increase from 2018.

448 Lee County Association of Realtors

Auburn

Rank:

448

Membership:

521

Lee County Association of Realtors, based out of Auburn, AL, reported 521 members in 2020, an increase of 3.8% from 2019, and a 9.7% an increase from 2018.

449 Montebello District Association of Realtors

Montebello

Rank:

449

Membership:

520

Montebello District Association of Realtors, based out of Montebello, CA, reported 520 members in 2020, an decrease of -7.6% from the prior year, and a -9.9% a decrease from 2018.

449 North Central Massachusetts Association of Realtors

Fitchburg

Rank:

449

Membership:

520

North Central Massachusetts Association of Realtors, based out of Fitchburg, MA, reported 520 members in 2020, an increase of 7.2% from 2019, and a 4.2% an increase from 2018.