# Real Estate Licensing in Bell County, Texas Updated October 16, 2026 from Texas Real Estate Commission records. From the state's records, updated daily: how many agents already work here, who sponsors them, and how many new ones are on the way. - **1,412** active sales agents (your future competition) - **207** licensed in 12 months (new licensees in this county) - **59** applications pending (from Bell County in TREC's queue now) - **359** sponsoring brokers (with at least one active agent here) ## Who sponsors agents in Bell County Every active sales agent practises under a sponsoring broker. Bell County's 1,412 active agents are spread across **359 sponsors**. The ten brokerage companies sponsoring the most of them: | Sponsoring brokerage (as registered with TREC) | Active agents here | Of them, licensed in last 12 months | |---|---|---| | ALL CITY REAL ESTATE, LTD. CO. | 130 | 5 | | EXP REALTY LLC | 77 | 15 | | COMPASS RE TEXAS, LLC | 45 | 8 | | GLOBAL REALTY PARTNERS LLC | 38 | 12 | | REDBIRD REALTY, LLC | 29 | 1 | | KR2, LLC | 27 | 5 | | L & S REALTY LLC | 27 | 8 | | NRT TEXAS LLC | 27 | 1 | | REAL BROKER, LLC | 27 | 4 | | CB APEX REALTORS, LLC | 26 | 1 | From TREC's license records, October 16, 2026. A sponsor is a licensed legal entity, not a brand — franchise offices register separately — and each agent is counted under their current sponsor and the county on their own license record. Brokers who sponsor as individuals are counted in the total but not named. **Who took on this county's newest agents:** among Bell County agents first licensed in the last twelve months and now active, the most-common sponsors were EXP REALTY LLC (15), GLOBAL REALTY PARTNERS LLC (12), COMPASS RE TEXAS, LLC (8), L & S REALTY LLC (8), ALL CITY REAL ESTATE, LTD. CO. (5). Sponsorship is not automatic. Of 145 Bell County sales agents licensed two to twelve months ago, **21 (14%) are still inactive** — licensed, but with no sponsor on record. Statewide the figure is 19%. [How sponsorship works, and what the statewide numbers show](https://txlicensedata.online/find-a-sponsoring-broker/) ## How long licensing takes from here Statewide, the median successful applicant goes from application to license in **115 days** — TREC processes centrally, so your county changes your market, not your wait. [See the full timing distribution](https://txlicensedata.online/how-long/) Considering the jump? The whole path — courses, exam, fingerprints, sponsorship — is laid out in TREC's order, with the measured numbers, in [the requirements guide](https://txlicensedata.online/become-a-texas-real-estate-agent/). Already past that and choosing a school? The 180 hours are the biggest cost in the process, and the schools differ enormously in how their students actually do: [every approved provider's TREC pass rate, with sample sizes and four picks](https://txlicensedata.online/exam-pass-rates/). --- Source: https://txlicensedata.online/counties/bell/ Computed from TREC open data on data.texas.gov; updated October 16, 2026. Licensed CC-BY 4.0. Method: https://txlicensedata.online/methodology/