Real Estate Almanac
State Associations
The state Realtor association section of the ORE 200 includes a ranking of all 50 state Realtor associations and Washington, D.C., by membership count as of December 31, 2020.
State 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.
State Realtor associations serve as the legislative and regulatory voices for real estate at the state level where many licensure laws and tax structures are established. Many provide essential services like education or benefits such as forms for members and local associations. They are also responsible for the annual core standards certification passed down from the National Association of Realtors with minimum service and organizational requirements that local associations must maintain to be chartered by NAR.
Source: Real Estate Almanac
State Association Memberships
The three largest state associations track with those states’ populations with California, Florida and Texas leading the pack and the only associations with membership counts above 100,000 Realtors. Together, these three state associations have 534,462 members (brokers and agents), accounting for 36.6 percent of the nation’s Realtor membership. As these three states only account for 26 percent of the nation’s population, this stat reflects the outsized role real estate plays in those states.
Residential real estate brokerage industry’s state associations listed as of December 31, 2020. Sorted by end of year membership
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California Association of Realtors
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Florida Association of Realtors
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Texas Association of Realtors
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New York State Association of Realtors
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New Jersey Association of Realtors
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Arizona Association of Realtors
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North Carolina Association of Realtors
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Illinois Association of Realtors
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Georgia Association of Realtors
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Pennsylvania Association of Realtors
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Ohio Association of Realtors
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Virginia Association of Realtors
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Michigan Association of Realtors
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Tennessee Association of Realtors
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Colorado Association of Realtors
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Maryland Realtors
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Massachusetts Association of Realtors
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Missouri Association of Realtors
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South Carolina Association of Realtors
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Washington Association of Realtors
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Minnesota Association of Realtors
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Nevada Realtors
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Indiana Association of Realtors
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Utah Association of Realtors
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Oregon Association of Realtors
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Connecticut Association of Realtors
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Alabama Association of Realtors
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Wisconsin RealtorsAssociation
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Louisiana Realtors
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30
Oklahoma Association of Realtors
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31
Kentucky Realtors
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32
Idaho Association of Realtors
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33
Kansas Association of Realtors
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34
Hawaii Association of Realtors
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35
Arkansas RealtorsAssociation
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36
Iowa Association of Realtors
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37
New Mexico Association of Realtors
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38
Mississippi Association of Realtors
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39
New Hampshire Association of Realtors
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40
Rhode Island Association of Realtors
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41
Montana Association of Realtors
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42
Nebraska RealtorsAssociation
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Maine Association of Realtors
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44
Delaware Association of Realtors
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45
West Virginia Association of Realtors
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46
Wyoming Realtors
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47
South Dakota Association of Realtors
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48
North Dakota Association of Realtors
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49
Alaska Realtors
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50
Vermont Association of Realtors
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