06 Apr 2026
There are approximately 1.4 million licensed real estate agents in the United States. In 2024, just over 4 million existing homes sold.
That's roughly 2.85 transactions per agent for the entire year. Split both sides of each transaction, and the median agent's share of available volume is about 5.7 transaction sides per year.
NAR data confirms this: the median agent closed 10 transacti...