Real Estate Almanac

Multiple Listing Services

The MLS section of the ORE 200 includes a ranking of all the nation’s MLS organizations, by membership count as of December 31, 2020. Note that the list only features MLS organizations, which have a governance structure with clear listing processes, procedures and compliance rules, and not MLS systems, which essentially are just a database and number just a handful in the country covering just a few dozen subscribers.

MLS Overview

Multiple listing services (MLSs) create connections that serve as a listing database for all a market’s homes for sale while enabling collaboration between competing brokers and agents to make transactions happen as quickly as possible and for the highest price. MLSs essentially serve as cooperatives, the result of brokerages coming together to collaborate on marketing and selling each other’s listings. MLSs are anchored by a technology platform, often provided by a third-party software provider.

Source: Real Estate Almanac

Of the 556 MLSs in the country at the end of 2020, 108 are regional MLSs, either owned by two or more Realtor associations or serve regional markets (19 are broker-owned); 448 are local MLSs, which have a single Realtor association owner. Just 3 percent of MLSs are not owned by a Realtor association or group of associations, based on T3 Sixty’s research.

Source: Real Estate Almanac

The nation’s large regional MLSs have huge footprints, sophisticated technology, innovative business practices and well-run management structures. The largest MLSs serve members across a broad geographic area, sometimes statewide or even across multiple states. These include California Regional MLS (104,414 subscribers), Bright MLS (94,429 subscribers) and Florida-based Stellar MLS (64,552 subscribers).

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

Over half of the nation’s MLS subscribers belong to one of the largest 20 MLSs and 14 percent of the nation’s MLSs account for approximately 80 percent of the nation’s 1.7 million MLS subscribers. On the other side of the spectrum are small local MLSs. These organizations, which do not have as many resources, have memberships measuring in just the hundreds. Approximately 45 percent of the nation’s 556 MLSs have under 400 subscribers.

In some cases, two or more local MLSs serve the same city, such as First Multiple Listing Service and Georgia MLS in Atlanta. In other cases, such as UtahRealEstate.com, MLSs basically cover the state.

Since the early 1990s, the MLS industry has seen a wave of consolidation. Just six years ago there were over 800 MLSs as compared to the 556 MLSs at the end of 2020. With that, MLSs are getting bigger while their overall count drops. From 2020 to 2021 the median subscriber count per MLS grew 18.8 percent while the average subscriber count per MLS grew 9.8 percent.

MLS Memberships

The rankings show that the nation’s 20 largest MLSs (approximately 3.6 percent of all MLSs) serve over 50 percent of the nation’s total MLS subscribers; this number will likely go up as consolidation increases across the country and MLSs become larger.

Residential real estate brokerage industry’s MLSs listed as of December 31, 2020. Sorted by end of year membership. Note that the list only features MLS organizations, which have a governance structure with clear listing processes, procedures and compliance rules, and not MLS systems, which essentially are just a database and number just a handful in the country covering just a few dozen subscribers.

2021 Rank

Multiple Listing Service

2020 EOY Membership

501 Eagle Pass Board of Realtors

Austin

Rank:

501

Membership:

Eagle Pass Board of Realtors based out of Austin, TX reported 81 members in 2020, an increase of 5.2% from 2019, and a 24.6% an increase from 2018.

502 Del Norte Association of Realtors

Crescent City

Rank:

502

Membership:

Del Norte Association of Realtors based out of Crescent City, CA reported 80 members in 2020, a decrease of .0% from the prior year, and a 15.9% an increase from 2018.

502 Four County Board of Realtors

Corinth

Rank:

502

Membership:

Four County Board of Realtors based out of Corinth, MS reported 80 members in 2020, a decrease of -7.0% from the prior year, and a 11.1% an increase from 2018.

504 Warren County Board of Realtors

Warren

Rank:

504

Membership:

Warren County Board of Realtors based out of Warren, PA reported 75 members in 2020, an increase of 2.7% from the prior year, and a 25.0% an increase from 2018.

504 Batesville Board of Realtors

Batesville

Rank:

504

Membership:

Batesville Board of Realtors based out of Batesville, AR reported 75 members in 2020, a decrease of -5.1% from 2019, and a -5.1% a decrease from 2018.

506 Montcalm County Association of Realtors

Greenville

Rank:

506

Membership:

Montcalm County Association of Realtors based out of Greenville, MI reported

506 Cherokee County Board of Realtors

Gaffney

Rank:

506

Membership:

Cherokee County Board of Realtors based out of Gaffney, SC reported 72 members in 2020, an increase of 9.1% from 2019, and a 44.0% an increase from 2018.

508 Hopkinsville-Christian & Todd County Asn of Realtors

Hopkinsville

Rank:

508

Membership:

Hopkinsville-Christian & Todd County Asn of Realtors based out of Hopkinsville, KY reported 70 members in 2020, an increase of 1.4% from the prior year, and a 12.9% an increase from 2018.

508 Madisonville Hopkins County Board of Realtors

Madisonville

Rank:

508

Membership:

Madisonville Hopkins County Board of Realtors based out of Madisonville, KY reported 70 members in 2020, an increase of 6.1% from 2019, and a 11.1% an increase from 2018.

510 Dublin Board of Realtors

Dublin

Rank:

510

Membership:

Dublin Board of Realtors based out of Dublin, GA, reported 68 members in 2020, an increase of 7.9% from the prior year, and a 7.9% an increase from 2018.

510 Southern Piedmont Land & Lake Association of Realtors

South Boston

Rank:

510

Membership:

Southern Piedmont Land & Lake Association of Realtors based out of South Boston, VA reported 68 members in 2020, an increase of 3.0% from the prior year, and a 25.9% an increase from 2018.

512 Matagorda County Board of Realtors

Austin

Rank:

512

Membership:

Matagorda County Board of Realtors (Mangaged by Texas Realtors) based out of Austin, TX reported 67 members in 2020, a decrease of -6.9% from the prior year, and a -6.9% a decrease from 2018.

513 Lincoln County Board of Realtors

North Platte

Rank:

513

Membership:

Lincoln County Board of Realtors based out of North Platte, NE reported 66 members in 2020, a decrease of -10.8% from 2019, and a -10.8% a decrease from 2018.

513 Natchez Board of Realtors

Natchez

Rank:

513

Membership:

Natchez Board of Realtors based out of Natchez, MS reported 66 members in 2020, a decrease of .0% from the prior year, and a .0% a decrease from 2018.

515 Central Kentucky Association of Realtors

Danville

Rank:

515

Membership:

Central Kentucky Association of Realtors based out of Danville, KY reported 65 members in 2020, a decrease of -34.3% from the prior year, and a -34.3% a decrease from 2018.

516 Tillamook County Board of Realtors

Tillamook

Rank:

516

Membership:

Tillamook County Board of Realtors based out of Tillamook, OR reported 64 members in 2020, an increase of 8.5% from the prior year, and a 6.7% an increase from 2018.

517 Covington Association of Realtors

Andalusia

Rank:

517

Membership:

Covington Association of Realtors based out of Andalusia, AL reported 62 members in 2020, a decrease of -1.6% from 2019, and a -1.6% a decrease from 2018.

517 Central South Dakota Board of Realtors

Blunt

Rank:

517

Membership:

Central South Dakota Board of Realtors based out of Blunt, SD reported 62 members in 2020, an increase of 12.7% from the prior year, and a 12.7% an increase from 2018.

517 Randolph County Board of Realtors

Moberly

Rank:

517

Membership:

Randolph County Board of Realtors based out of Moberly, MO, reported 62 members in 2020, an increase of 3.3% from the prior year, and a 3.3% an increase from 2018.

520 Yancey Mitchell Board of Realtors

Spruce Pine

Rank:

520

Membership:

Yancey Mitchell Board of Realtors based out of Spruce Pine, NC reported 61 members in 2020, a decrease of -10.3% from 2019, and a 7.0% an increase from 2018.

520 San Patricio County Association of Realtors

Portland

Rank:

520

Membership:

San Patricio County Association of Realtors based out of Portland, TX reported 61 members in 2020, a decrease of -6.2% from 2019, and a 3.4% an increase from 2018.

522 Lewis and Clark Board of Realtors

Yankton

Rank:

522

Membership:

Lewis and Clark Board of Realtors based out of Yankton, SD reported 59 members in 2020, a decrease of -1.7% from 2019, and a -60.7% a decrease from 2018.

523 Jamestown Board of Realtors

Jamestown

Rank:

523

Membership:

Jamestown Board of Realtors based out of Jamestown, ND reported 57 members in 2020, a decrease of -19.7% from the prior year, and a -19.7% a decrease from 2018.

523 Lassen Association of Realtors

Susanville

Rank:

523

Membership:

Lassen Association of Realtors based out of Susanville, CA reported 57 members in 2020, a decrease of .0% from 2019, and a 32.6% an increase from 2018.

525 Pittsburg Board of Realtors

Pittsburg

Rank:

525

Membership:

Pittsburg Board of Realtors based out of Pittsburg, KS reported 55 members in 2020, a decrease of -5.2% from the prior year, and a 5.8% an increase from 2018.

525 Plainview Association of Realtors

Plainview

Rank:

525

Membership:

Plainview Association of Realtors based out of Plainview, TX reported 55 members in 2020, an increase of 17.0% from 2019, and a 25.0% an increase from 2018.

527 Jefferson County Board of Realtors

Madison

Rank:

527

Membership:

Jefferson County Board of Realtors based out of Madison, IN reported 52 members in 2020, a decrease of -23.5% from 2019, and a -11.9% a decrease from 2018.

527 Huntingdon County Board of Realtors

Huntingdon

Rank:

527

Membership:

Huntingdon County Board of Realtors based out of Huntingdon, PA reported 52 members in 2020, a decrease of .0% from 2019, and a 4.0% an increase from 2018.

527 Logan County Board of Realtors

Lincoln

Rank:

527

Membership:

Logan County Board of Realtors based out of Lincoln, IL reported 52 members in 2020, a decrease of -1.9% from 2019, and a -1.9% a decrease from 2018.

530 Mitchell Board of Realtors

Mitchell

Rank:

530

Membership:

Mitchell Board of Realtors based out of Mitchell, SD, reported 51 members in 2020, a decrease of -3.8% from the prior year, and a -3.8% a decrease from 2018.

530 Crisp Area Board of Realtors

Cordele

Rank:

530

Membership:

Crisp Area Board of Realtors based out of Cordele, GA reported 51 members in 2020, an increase of 70.0% from 2019, and a 70.0% an increase from 2018.

532 Douglas Coffee County Board of Realtors

Douglas

Rank:

532

Membership:

Douglas Coffee County Board of Realtors based out of Douglas, GA reported 49 members in 2020, an increase of 4.3% from the prior year, and a 28.9% an increase from 2018.

532 Pike County Real Estate Association

Troy

Rank:

532

Membership:

Pike County Real Estate Association based out of Troy, AL reported 49 members in 2020.

534 Trinity County Association of Realtors

Weaverville

Rank:

534

Membership:

Trinity County Association of Realtors based out of Weaverville, CA, reported 46 members in 2020, an increase of 9.5% from the prior year, and a 9.5% an increase from 2018.

535 Moultrie Board of Realtors

Moultrie

Rank:

535

Membership:

Moultrie Board of Realtors based out of Moultrie, GA, reported 45 members in 2020, an increase of 7.1% from the prior year, and a 7.1% an increase from 2018.

536 Eufaula Board of Realtors

Eufaula

Rank:

536

Membership:

Eufaula Board of Realtors based out of Eufaula, AL reported 44 members in 2020, an increase of 4.8% from 2019, and a 10.0% an increase from 2018.

536 Henderson Audubon Board of Realtors

Henderson

Rank:

536

Membership:

Henderson Audubon Board of Realtors based out of Henderson, KY reported 44 members in 2020, a decrease of -4.3% from 2019, and a -4.3% a decrease from 2018.

538 Johnson County Board of Realtors

Clarksville

Rank:

538

Membership:

Johnson County Board of Realtors based out of Clarksville, AR, reported 43 members in 2020, a decrease of -56.6% from the prior year, and a 2.4% an increase from 2018.

539 Greenwood Board of Realtors

Greenwood

Rank:

539

Membership:

Greenwood Board of Realtors based out of Greenwood, MS reported 41 members in 2020, a decrease of -8.9% from the prior year, and a -8.9% a decrease from 2018.

540 Idyllwild Association of Realtors

Idyllwild

Rank:

540

Membership:

Idyllwild Association of Realtors based out of Idyllwild, CA reported 39 members in 2020, a decrease of -11.4% from 2019, and a -9.3% a decrease from 2018.

541 Greenville Area Board of Realtors

Greenville

Rank:

541

Membership:

Greenville Area Board of Realtors based out of Greenville, MS reported 38 members in 2020, a decrease of .0% from the prior year, and a 2.7% an increase from 2018.

542 Coastal Bend Association of Realtors

Austin

Rank:

542

Membership:

Coastal Bend Association of Realtors based out of Austin, TX, reported 37 members in 2020, a decrease of -2.6% from the prior year, and a -2.6% a decrease from 2018.

543 Elk Cameron Board of Realtors

Emporium

Rank:

543

Membership:

Elk Cameron Board of Realtors based out of Emporium, PA reported 36 members in 2020, a decrease of .0% from 2019, and a .0% a decrease from 2018.

544 Fayette-Nicholas Board of Realtors

Fayetteville

Rank:

544

Membership:

Fayette-Nicholas Board of Realtors based out of Fayetteville, WV reported 35 members in 2020, a decrease of -7.9% from 2019, and a -69.0% a decrease from 2018.

545 Dumas Board of Realtors (Run by Texas Realtors)

Austin

Rank:

545

Membership:

Dumas Board of Realtors (Run by Texas Realtors) based out of Austin, TX reported 34 members in 2020, a decrease of -8.1% from the prior year, and a -8.1% a decrease from 2018.

546 Dodge City Board of Realtors

Dodge City

Rank:

546

Membership:

Dodge City Board of Realtors based out of Dodge City, KS, reported 33 members in 2020, a decrease of .0% from the prior year, and a 22.2% an increase from 2018.

546 Pampa Board of Realtors

Pampa

Rank:

546

Membership:

Pampa Board of Realtors based out of Pampa, TX reported 33 members in 2020, a decrease of .0% from 2019, and a .0% a decrease from 2018.

546 Dalhart Board of Realtors

Dalhart

Rank:

546

Membership:

Dalhart Board of Realtors based out of Dalhart, TX reported 33 members in 2020, a decrease of -5.7% from 2019, and a 10.0% an increase from 2018.

549 Huron Board of Realtors

Huron

Rank:

549

Membership:

Huron Board of Realtors based out of Huron, SD reported 32 members in 2020, a decrease of -5.9% from 2019, and a -5.9% a decrease from 2018.

550 Monroe County Board of Realtors

Monroeville

Rank:

550

Membership:

Monroe County Board of Realtors based out of Monroeville, AL reported 31 members in 2020, a decrease of -6.1% from 2019, and a 29.2% an increase from 2018.

551 Mckean County Association of Realtors

Kane

Rank:

551

Membership:

Mckean County Association of Realtors based out of Kane, PA reported 29 members in 2020, a decrease of -14.7% from 2019, and a -14.7% a decrease from 2018.

552 Americus Board of Realtors

Americus

Rank:

552

Membership:

Americus Board of Realtors based out of Americus, GA reported 28 members in 2020, an increase of 12.0% from the prior year, and a 12.0% an increase from 2018.

553 Grenada Board of Realtors

Grenada

Rank:

553

Membership:

Grenada Board of Realtors based out of Grenada, MS, reported 26 members in 2020, a decrease of -3.7% from the prior year, and a 8.3% an increase from 2018.

554 Nolan County Board of Realtors

Austin

Rank:

554

Membership:

Nolan County Board of Realtors based out of Austin, TX, reported 20 members in 2020, a decrease of -13.0% from the prior year, and a -13.0% a decrease from 2018.

555 Mid Valley Association of Realtors

Kewanee

Rank:

555

Membership:

Mid Valley Association of Realtors based out of Kewanee, IL reported 18 members in 2020, a decrease of -14.3% from 2019, and a -14.3% a decrease from 2018.

556 Clarksdale Board of Realtors

Clarksdale

Rank:

556

Membership:

Clarksdale Board of Realtors based out of Clarksdale, MS reported 10 members in 2020, a decrease of -9.1% from 2019, and a -9.1% a decrease from 2018.