Calgary Agent Activity Report: How Many REALTORS® Are Actually Active?
Rolling 12-month data, updated daily, straight from CREB®/Pillar 9 MLS® data.
Calgary has thousands of licensed real estate agents. But holding a license and actually closing deals are two very different things. The chart below tracks how many Calgary REALTORS® have closed at least one deal in the trailing 12 months — and how many haven’t closed any at all.
Active vs Inactive Agents
Period: 2025-10-18 to 2026-10-17 (Trailing 12 Months)
Agents by Number of Deals This Period
Key Takeaways
This is essential information for those buying, selling & investing In Calgary Real Estate looking for an experienced agent and those interested in becoming a licenced real estate agent that needs to know how much business is really out there.
The revolving door of real estate never stops as new realtors fail and new realtors replace them. A Calgary Real Estate Licence is no guarantee of success as these numbers clearly prove. The most successful real estate agents spend a good portion of their commissions on marketing long before they see a decent return on investment.
What the Numbers Show
The donut chart shows the current split between active agents (at least one closed deal in the trailing 12 months) and zero-deal agents (no closed deals in that same window). The percentage in the center is today’s active-agent rate for the whole Calgary market.
The bar chart below it breaks that down further by exact deal count — 0, 1–2, 3–5, 6–10, 11–20, and 21+ deals closed. Read it left to right: the further right an agent’s bucket, the more transaction volume they’re currently handling. In most real estate markets, this shape holds true year over year — a large share of agents sit in the lower bands, while a smaller group of consistently active agents accounts for a disproportionate share of total transactions. Check the chart above for exactly how that breaks down today.
Why This Matters
If you’re buying a home in Calgary: An agent who’s actively closing deals is in the market every week — they know which listings are overpriced, which neighborhoods are moving fast, and how to structure a competitive offer. An agent sitting at zero or one deal over a full 12 months may simply have less current, hands-on experience to draw on.
If you’re selling a home in Calgary: Your agent’s activity level directly affects your marketing reach, your pricing strategy, and how quickly problems get solved during a deal. A busy, active agent typically has a larger buyer-agent network, more recent comparable-sale data, and more practice negotiating in today’s market conditions — not the market from a few years ago.
How This Report Is Calculated
This report is compiled from CREB®/Pillar 9 MLS® data across the entire Calgary market — every brokerage, not just one. An agent is counted as “active” if they appear as the listing agent, co-listing agent, buyer’s agent, or co-buyer’s agent on at least one closed transaction during the trailing 12-month period shown at the top of the chart. No individual brokerages are named or ranked here — this is a market-wide snapshot, and it’s recalculated daily.
One thing worth knowing: these are rolling 12-month figures, not year-to-date. Every day the window moves forward — the oldest day drops off and the newest day is added — so the numbers are never distorted by where we happen to be in the calendar year. A reading taken in January and one taken in September are directly comparable. When the zero-deal percentage moves, it reflects a real change in agent activity, not a seasonal artifact.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time period does this report cover? The trailing 12 months — the rolling year ending yesterday. The exact date range is shown at the top of the chart. Because the window never resets in January, the figures stay comparable from one month to the next.
How many real estate agents are there in Calgary? The exact count changes daily as licenses are added or lapse. Check the “Total Licensed Agents” figure in the chart above for today’s number.
What percentage of Calgary REALTORS® don’t close any deals? That’s the “Zero-Deal” percentage shown in the chart above — it’s recalculated daily from CREB®/Pillar 9 data, so what you see is current as of today.
How often is this agent activity report updated? Daily. The chart pulls fresh numbers from CREB®/Pillar 9 MLS® data every day, so the split between active and zero-deal agents reflects the current state of the market, not a stale snapshot.
Where does this data come from? All figures come from CREB®/Pillar 9 MLS® records for the Calgary real estate market — the same data source REALTORS® use for official market statistics.
Thinking About Buying or Selling in Calgary?
Not all agents are created equal — and now you know why activity levels matter. I’m Jerry Charlton, an active Calgary REALTOR® with eXp Realty. Call or text 403 831 0842 to talk about your next move.
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