Who runs America's apartments. Metro by metro.

One section per metro. Dallas-Fort Worth is live.

What we collect. And where it comes from.

Buildings come from public records, managers from listings and registries, and firm facts from filings, press and court records. Coverage so far: Dallas and Collin counties, 102 ZIP codes scanned.

Who runs the units. And what they are.

What residents say. Across the 30 largest DFW managers.

Legal records, growth, owners. At a glance.

2026 DFW awards. Ranked from the data.

The 30 largest DFW managers. Side by side.

#	Manager	DFW units*	Class A	Google	Legal events	Growth	Base fee	Ownership
1	RL RPM Living Takes outside owners	23,589 181 properties NMHC #4 nationally	43%	4.1	2	stable	Management fee expense of $93,947 on effective gross income of $3,131,575 in the 12 months to March 31, 2026, about 3.0% of effective gross income; the lender's underwriting also uses about 3.0% ($103,684 on $3,456,119).	Founder
2	G Greystar Takes outside owners	22,730 220 properties NMHC #1 nationally	65%	4.0	6	growing	Not published	Private
3	WB Willow Bridge Property Company Takes outside owners	20,475 154 properties NMHC #3 nationally	62%	4.0	3	growing	Not published	Subsidiary
4	ZM ZRS Management Takes outside owners	9,703 70 properties NMHC #10 nationally	96%	4.1	3	growing	Not published	Private
5	AR Avenue5 Residential Takes outside owners	7,589 48 properties NMHC #6 nationally	64%	3.9	5	growing	Not published	Private
6	KM Knightvest Management Mainly its own buildings	6,807 25 properties	38%	3.9	2	growing	Not published	Founder
7	SC S2 Capital Mainly its own buildings	6,599 40 properties	22%	3.7	1	contracting	3.5% paid to the in-house manager	Founder
8	MA MAA (Mid-America Apartment Communities) Mainly its own buildings	6,429 23 properties NMHC #12 nationally	43%	4.1	3	stable	Not published	Public
9	BM BH Management Services Takes outside owners	6,360 55 properties NMHC #13 nationally	14%	3.7	2	contracting	About 3% of monthly gross income of each property	Subsidiary
10	WR Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management Takes outside owners	5,956 40 properties NMHC #50 nationally	24%	3.6	0	stable	Not published	Founder
11	TT The Tipton Group Takes outside owners	5,138 55 properties	17%	3.8	0	n/a	Not published	Private
12	BR Berkshire Residential Investments Mainly its own buildings	5,026 20 properties NMHC #47 nationally	100%	4.1	0	growing	Not published	Private
13	BP Bell Partners Takes outside owners	4,999 34 properties NMHC #18 nationally	83%	4.0	2	contracting	Not published	Subsidiary
14	C Cortland Takes outside owners	4,907 44 properties NMHC #17 nationally	63%	4.2 1 rising issue	4	growing	A percentage of each property's monthly gross cash receipts; the rate is set in each fund's governing documents and is not public	Founder
15	CM CAF Management Takes outside owners	4,796 41 properties	30%	3.7	0	growing	Not published	Subsidiary
16	VR Vivmark Residential Mainly its own buildings	4,712 26 properties	80%	4.1	0	growing	Not published	Public
17	WA Weidner Apartment Homes Mainly its own buildings	4,150 19 properties NMHC #25 nationally	89%	4.2	1	growing	Not published	Private
18	U UDR Mainly its own buildings	3,974 17 properties NMHC #30 nationally	63%	3.7	7	stable	Not published	Public
19	CP Camden Property Trust Mainly its own buildings	3,960 28 properties NMHC #32 nationally	50%	4.2	6	stable	Not published	Public
20	PI Post Investment Group Takes outside owners	3,765 18 properties	38%	3.7	2	growing	1.75% of gross collected operating revenues, paid monthly, under a June 17, 2025 property management agreement between PPREF/Post Ardent Owner, LLC and TAM Residential for the Ardent at Mill Creek, a 570-unit property in Mill Creek, Washington. The owner is a joint venture in which a PGIM fund holds 93% and a Post entity 7%; the filing calls TAM an affiliate of the Post operating member.	Founder
21	AM Anterra Management Corporation Takes outside owners	3,711 32 properties	8%	3.7	0	growing	Not published	Private
22	CW Cushman & Wakefield Takes outside owners	3,680 40 properties NMHC #7 nationally	83%	4.0	3	contracting	Not published	Public
23	HG Harbor Group Management Takes outside owners	3,358 21 properties NMHC #29 nationally	33%	3.8	2	growing	Not published	Subsidiary
24	GR Gables Residential Takes outside owners	2,984 12 properties	42%	4.2	1	contracting	Not published	Private
25	CC CWS Capital Partners Mainly its own buildings	2,859 15 properties	75%	4.1	2	stable	2% to 3% of total property revenues	Founder
26	LR LUMA Residential Takes outside owners	2,794 28 properties	38%	4.0	0	growing	Not published	Private
27	HR Hilltop Residential Mainly its own buildings	2,515 10 properties	67%	3.6	0	growing	Not published	Founder
28	AR AMLI Residential Mainly its own buildings	2,413 11 properties	100%	4.1	0	stable	Not published	Subsidiary
29	TR The Richdale Group Mainly its own buildings	1,845 8 properties	0%	3.3	1	stable	Not published	Private
30	SP Sentinel Peak Capital Partners Takes outside owners	1,360 7 properties	0%	3.5 4 rising issues	0	growing	Not published	Founder

*DFW units is a partial count so far: units we matched to each firm in public records and listings, across 102 scanned ZIP codes. Tarrant and Denton counties are not covered yet, so real totals are higher. Google: average rating weighted by review count. Legal events: lawsuits, settlements, fines and enforcement since 2023, from public records and news. Base fee: the management fee the firm charged owners in a published contract or filing, when one exists. Click a column to sort.