Is ERA bigger than Better Homes and Gardens?

By agents with a published profile in September 2026, ERA is larger: 11,262 against 10,881, 1.0 times as many. Both figures count only agents the brand lists publicly with an email, so they understate any brand that lists fewer of its people.

Where does Better Homes and Gardens have more agents than ERA?

In 23 of the 48 states they share, led by Georgia (1,724 to 328), Texas (1,084 to 626) and California (765 to 483).

Which pays agents more, ERA or Better Homes and Gardens?

Neither publishes a national plan; both set splits and caps office by office. Put the two offers you actually receive into the calculator.

United States Compare ERA vs Better Homes and Gardens

Head to head · September 2026

ERA vs Better Homes and Gardens

Count taken September 5, 2026Page built September 5, 2026

ERA had 11,262 agents with a published profile on September 5, 2026, in 50 states; Better Homes and Gardens had 10,881 in 49. They meet in 48 states: ERA has more agents in 25, Better Homes and Gardens in 23.

These are agents each brand lists on its own public directory with a published email, counted person by person on the date shown; not licence counts, not the brand's own headcount claim, and not a measure of sales. A brand that lists fewer of its agents publicly counts lower here. How the counting works.

11,262ERA agents

10,881Better Homes and Gardens agents

48states where both operate

25 / 23states led by ERA / Better Homes and Gardens

47cities where both have agents

ERA vs Better Homes and Gardens by state

Every state where both brands list agents, ranked by the two counts combined. The lead column names the brand with more agents there.

State	ERA	Better Homes and Gardens	Leads
New York	1,464	770	ERA +694
Georgia	328	1,724	Better Homes and Gardens +1,396
Florida	1,332	569	ERA +763
Texas	626	1,084	Better Homes and Gardens +458
California	483	765	Better Homes and Gardens +282
North Carolina	517	502	ERA +15
New Jersey	294	619	Better Homes and Gardens +325
Utah	571	142	ERA +429
South Carolina	380	277	ERA +103
Tennessee	424	210	ERA +214
Washington	367	115	ERA +252
Connecticut	95	299	Better Homes and Gardens +204
Massachusetts	333	46	ERA +287
Illinois	225	154	ERA +71
Virginia	249	120	ERA +129
Pennsylvania	209	159	ERA +50
Alabama	301	63	ERA +238
Indiana	167	194	Better Homes and Gardens +27
Nebraska	1	354	Better Homes and Gardens +353
Ohio	325	6	ERA +319
Maine	67	235	Better Homes and Gardens +168
Oregon	175	100	ERA +75
Nevada	217	56	ERA +161
Kansas	26	242	Better Homes and Gardens +216
Kentucky	221	41	ERA +180
Arizona	176	85	ERA +91
Michigan	216	32	ERA +184
Arkansas	104	131	Better Homes and Gardens +27
Colorado	149	80	ERA +69
Louisiana	85	130	Better Homes and Gardens +45
Missouri	123	67	ERA +56
Maryland	171	15	ERA +156
West Virginia	41	138	Better Homes and Gardens +97
New Hampshire	16	163	Better Homes and Gardens +147
New Mexico	56	121	Better Homes and Gardens +65
Idaho	46	98	Better Homes and Gardens +52
Oklahoma	70	72	Better Homes and Gardens +2
Iowa	18	83	Better Homes and Gardens +65
Wisconsin	38	53	Better Homes and Gardens +15
Mississippi	31	45	Better Homes and Gardens +14
North Dakota	3	62	Better Homes and Gardens +59
Minnesota	38	25	ERA +13
South Dakota	1	21	Better Homes and Gardens +20
Rhode Island	20	1	ERA +19
Alaska	1	12	Better Homes and Gardens +11
Vermont	1	9	Better Homes and Gardens +8
Delaware	7	1	ERA +6
District of Columbia	5	1	ERA +4

ERA also has agents in 2 states where Better Homes and Gardens has none; Better Homes and Gardens in 1 where ERA has none.

Cities where both have agents

The 20 cities with the most agents between the two brands, of 47 where both are present.

City	ERA	Better Homes and Gardens	Leads
Atlanta, GA	56	402	Better Homes and Gardens +346
Houston, TX	24	339	Better Homes and Gardens +315
Charlotte, NC	179	175	ERA +4
Lehi, UT	135	91	ERA +44
El Paso, TX	130	19	ERA +111
Ogden, UT	121	21	ERA +100
Pensacola, FL	32	108	Better Homes and Gardens +76
Colorado Springs, CO	73	55	ERA +18
Summerville, SC	25	100	Better Homes and Gardens +75
Bangor, ME	61	57	ERA +4
Jacksonville, FL	71	39	ERA +32
Augusta, GA	25	73	Better Homes and Gardens +48
Henderson, NV	56	28	ERA +28
Massapequa, NY	32	44	Better Homes and Gardens +12
Midlothian, VA	32	42	Better Homes and Gardens +10
Sacramento, CA	44	18	ERA +26
Virginia Beach, VA	15	46	Better Homes and Gardens +31
Alpharetta, GA	7	53	Better Homes and Gardens +46
Myrtle Beach, SC	18	39	Better Homes and Gardens +21
Asheville, NC	36	19	ERA +17

Agents with their own website

5.0% of the 11,262 checked ERA agents have a website of their own; 4.2% of the 10,881 checked Better Homes and Gardens agents have a website of their own (national figure 7.2%). An agent's own site is one sign of how much of their business they carry with them.

What each publishes about commission

ERA publishes no single compensation model: Set by each franchisee. The split, cap and fees are agreed with the office you join, so use the calculator with the numbers that office gives you.

Better Homes and Gardens publishes no single compensation model: Set by each franchisee. The split, cap and fees are agreed with the office you join, so use the calculator with the numbers that office gives you.

Run your own numbers in the commission calculator.

Where the data comes from

Counted from ERA's and Better Homes and Gardens' own public agent directories on September 5, 2026; an agent is included once, with a published email, under the brand whose directory lists them. The rows these counts are summed from, one per agent with a published email, are sold by usrealtorlist.com; for New York, the state where the two brands have the most agents between them, that is the New York realtor email list. No agent is named on this page.

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Questions this page answers

Is ERA bigger than Better Homes and Gardens?: By agents with a published profile in September 2026, ERA is larger: 11,262 against 10,881, 1.0 times as many. Both figures count only agents the brand lists publicly with an email, so they understate any brand that lists fewer of its people.
Where does Better Homes and Gardens have more agents than ERA?: In 23 of the 48 states they share, led by Georgia (1,724 to 328), Texas (1,084 to 626) and California (765 to 483).
Which pays agents more, ERA or Better Homes and Gardens?: Neither publishes a national plan; both set splits and caps office by office. Put the two offers you actually receive into the calculator.

Cite this page

Realty Census (2026). ERA vs Better Homes and Gardens: 11,262 against 10,881 agents, 48 shared states. Count dated 2026-09-05. https://realtycensus.com/compare/era-vs-better-homes-and-gardens/