LOCAL BENCHMARK · SPARSE

Real Estate in Duluth, MN.

Every business below was observed on Google Maps for "real estate agent" targeted at Duluth. Review counts, ratings, and ranks are from the IMPIOUS benchmark snapshot (internal benchmark, Apr 2026).

MEDIAN REVIEWS — TOP 3

11

P25 — MIN TO COMPETE

3

AVG RATING — TOP 3

4.70

DENSITY TIER

SPARSE

TOP-3 MEDIAN REFERRING DOMAINS

111

TOP-3 MEDIAN DFS RANK

92

AI MENTIONS — TOP 3 CITED

1 / 3

AI PLATFORMS

GPT

# BUSINESS REVIEWS RATING REF. DOMAINS AI CITED
1 Greg Follmer Commercial Real Estate 16 4.8 112
2 Real Estate Masters Ltd 3 5.0 111 cited
3 King Properties Duluth 11 4.3 41
4 Glacier Commercial Real Estate 0 0.0
5 Deanna Bennett Real Estate Team 75 4.8
6 Prodigy Real Estate 0 0.0
7 Messina & Associates Real Estate 111 4.8
8 Oneida Realty Company 5 3.6
9 Danielle Rhodes - Real Estate Services of Duluth 24 5.0
10 Encompass Real Estate Investment Services 16 2.5
11 Real Estate Services of Duluth 13 4.8
12 Heirloom Property Management 530 4.3
13 Chad Watczak-Edina Realty 21 5.0
14 Madeline Amala - Coldwell Banker Realty 58 5.0
15 Eric Sams - Messina & Associates Real Estate 81 5.0
16 Nick Burns - Coldwell Banker Realty 27 5.0
17 Brok Hansmeyer - RE/MAX Results 71 4.9
18 The Tom Little Team 55 5.0
19 DeCaro Real Estate Team 80 4.9
20 Carrie Dittmar, Realtor 24 5.0

Market read

Duluth's real estate market shows near-zero review velocity despite 4.7 average ratings among top performers—suggesting established players have plateaued in generating new feedback. The internal benchmark (Apr 2026) reveals 11 median reviews for top-3 agencies, against a pack entry floor of 3 reviews. Spam comprises 67% of top-3 review volume, indicating quality control gaps across leaders. GBP completeness averages 60/100, leaving optimization room. The SPARSE density tier and median 111 referring domains signal limited competitive saturation. A p25 entrant faces a dual challenge: accumulating baseline review volume to reach top-3 thresholds while filtering spam and improving profile completeness faster than stalled incumbents. AI citation presence (ChatGPT naming top agents) suggests organic authority compounds initial ranking advantages.

See "The Review Gap Is Smaller Than Everyone Thinks" for the cross-city pattern and "What the Top-3 Actually Have on Their Backlink Profile" for the backlink + AI-citation breakdown.