Property management: profiles

Public, internally managed REIT. Develops built-for-rental homes.

Owns and manages its homes with its own staff and has built more than 14,000 built-for-rental homes since 2017.

Private. No. 2 on the NMHC 2026 list.

Grew from 288,665 to 446,427 units on the NMHC list, the biggest jump in the top 10.

Private. HOA and condo manager in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Self-reports 23,000+ team members and 340+ branch offices, a larger office count than FirstService Residential’s.

Private. Single-family and small multifamily manager that also runs a brokerage.

Publishes a leasing price on its home page: $795 to lease a home, $297 if Evernest also manages it.

Segment of a public company. Describes itself as North America’s largest manager of residential communities.

2025 segment revenue of $2.29B, about 20,000 employees in about 100 offices.

Private. Largest manager on the NMHC 2026 list.

No. 1 NMHC manager at 1,014,091 units; also No. 1 owner and No. 1 developer on NMHC’s 2026 lists.

Public REIT. Manages its own homes and also manages homes for third parties.

The largest single-family rental owner in this section by its 10-K, and it also sells management to other owners.

Private. Single-family manager for investors, including portfolios of 100+ homes.

A third-party SFR manager that says it serves both individual investors and institutions with 100+ homes.

Private. No. 4 on the NMHC 2026 list.

241,479 units on NMHC’s 2026 list, close behind Willow Bridge.

Private. Listed as formerly Lincoln Property Company in NMHC’s 2025 list.

No. 3 NMHC manager at 244,457 units; also No. 20 on NMHC’s 2026 developer list.