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Commercial Real Estate Lead Generation in Dallas, TX

The 11-county Dallas metro has 189,739 business locations, 11,722 of them with 50–499 employees. Sapper researches the ones that fit your commercial real estate offer, reaches the right person by phone first, and books the meeting on your calendar.

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What the Dallas metro looks like

189,739

business locations in the Dallas metro (Census, 2023)

11,722

have 50–499 employees

125,090

general and operations managers in the metro

26,600

financial managers in the metro

What this means for your outreach: Between 2022 and 2023 the metro added 4,252 business locations. Of today’s 189,739, 6.2% have 50–499 employees. That slice is where list building for a commercial real estate campaign starts.

Dallas sectors with the most mid-size companies

Sector	Locations	Jobs	50–499 employees	500+ employees	Change since 2022
Health care	23,741	449,862	1,299	81	+958
Professional services	27,552	305,390	877	60	+1,212
Construction	15,353	218,866	864	35	+572
Wholesale trade	9,324	190,752	641	51	−135
Finance & insurance	12,347	262,677	513	90	−156
Corporate HQs & management offices	1,750	149,395	335	63	−72
Information	3,430	109,980	321	44	+25

Where to start: By mid-size locations, the order is health care (1,299), professional services (877) and construction (864). The fastest-growing of these sectors was professional services, +1,212 locations in a year.

The counties behind the Dallas metro

County	All locations	Finance	Health care	Prof. services
Dallas, TX	71,182	5,020	8,377	10,890
Tarrant, TX	47,656	3,079	6,221	5,447
Collin, TX	31,012	2,144	4,650	6,121
Denton, TX	20,025	1,074	2,545	3,295
Ellis, TX	3,808	215	349	311

Where the market sits: Dallas County and Tarrant County hold 62.6% of the metro’s business locations across 11 counties. Collin County is third, with 31,012 locations, 4,650 of them in health care.

Dallas roles worth a first call

125,090

general and operations managers, 37% more per job than the US average

26,600

financial managers, 21% more per job than the US average

15,890

property and real estate managers, 96% more per job than the US average

What it suggests: Dallas has a higher-than-average concentration of property and real estate managers: 96% more per job than the US. That makes the title worth testing when it matches what you sell.

The competition for Dallas attention

The metro has 3,666 real estate agent and broker offices, 10,072 real estate locations overall. Dallas’s owners and CFOs hear from many of them, so a generic first message gives them no reason to reply.

What wins: local detail. Mention Dallas County or a Dallas sector so the buyer can tell the message is about them.

How Sapper books your Dallas meetings

1. We agree on the accounts first

You approve the target list. It is exclusive to you.

2. We introduce you, then keep going

Phone first, backed by email, LinkedIn and mail.

3. We qualify before we book

Need, timing and who else is involved, confirmed.

4. You walk into a warm conversation

With the account history and a confirmed time.

For a commercial real estate firm, we build the list around the property types and company sizes you work with, and the people who make space decisions. In Dallas, a first pass could start with the 1,299 mid-size health care locations and the 877 in professional services. How appointment setting works →

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Dallas questions, answered

How many companies in Dallas could buy what you sell?

The 11-county Dallas metro has 189,739 business locations. 11,722 have 50–499 employees and 697 have 500 or more (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).

Which Dallas sector has the most mid-size companies?

The most mid-size locations are in health care (1,299), followed by professional services (877).

Who do you call first in Dallas?

Titles to test first include general and operations managers. The metro has 125,090 of them, plus 26,600 financial managers. Your offer decides the final mix, and nothing is called until you approve the list.

Nearby markets: Commercial Real Estate in Austin (182 mi), Commercial Real Estate in Oklahoma City (190 mi) and Commercial Real Estate in Houston (225 mi).

Selling to contractors or home-service companies instead? See Abstrakt’s Dallas page.

Let’s build your Dallas target list

Start with the Dallas commercial real estate market brief. When you’re ready, we’ll build the target list with you.