New data from property industry consultancy TwentyEA shows the share of business won by self-employed agents continues to rise.

Their market share has increased to 2.5% in year-to-date 2026, representing a 18.7% rise compared with 2025.

Growth for this kind of agent has been recorded across all price bands, with double-digit increases observed among properties priced above £200,000.

The strongest growth has come from the £350,000 to £1m price band, which increased 22.1% year-on-year.

Self-employed agents have expanded their presence across all regions, except for Scotland, where market share declined by 0.5 percentage points.

The West Midlands and Wales observed the largest growth at 0.9 percentage points.

Self-employed agents have the strongest presence in Wales, where, in year-to-date 2026, they represent 3.5% of market share.

Meanwhile there’s more bad news for online agents.

TwentyEA says their market share in the year-to-date 2026 is 3.6%.

That’s a reduction of 7% year-on-year.

You can download the TwentyEA Property & Homemover Report here.