Compare Co-op Managing Agents in Queens
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Association counts are modelled for Queens from New York totals apportioned by population, and are labeled as estimates wherever they appear. Licensing per the Community Associations Institute 2025 CAM licensing report.
Queens's association stock is older and denser than the national average, which puts building systems, facade obligations, and reserve funding at the center of most management conversations. Queens sits 9 miles from New York City, well inside the radius almost every company in that market already serves. In practice a Board here draws on the whole New York City field, which is why fee quotes in Queens track the metro rather than the town.
Boards in Queens searching for new management usually start from one of two places: a fee that has escalated past what the work is worth, or a service failure that has gone on too long. BoardMatch collects written proposals against one normalized scope so both questions can be answered with the same document.
We do not rank Management Companies on this page, and we do not publish a list of them. A list tells you who bought the listing. It does not tell you what a company would charge your association, what it includes, who your manager would be, or how many other communities that person carries.
Instead, companies serving Queens bid privately against your scope. You describe your community once, qualified firms submit written proposals in the same format, and you get one comparison with a three-year cost projection. No company can pay for placement, and none of them gets your phone number until your Board asks.
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A regional benchmark banded by community size, with the band Queens actually skews to marked.
At the size most Queens communities are — 500 units and up — the regional benchmark works out to $10–$13 per unit per month, or about $7.2k–$8.8k a month. That is a modelled figure for New York, not a measurement of Queens, and it is a starting point rather than a target: the proposals your own Board collects are the real number, and the spread between the highest and lowest is usually wider than Boards expect.
| Community size | Typical per unit, per month | Monthly, at that size |
|---|---|---|
| Under 100 units | $18–$23 | $1.1k–$1.3k |
| 100 to 249 units | $15–$19 | $2.7k–$3.3k |
| 250 to 499 units | $12–$16 | $4.5k–$5.6k |
| 500 units and up most common here | $10–$13 | $7.2k–$8.8k |
Regional benchmark for New York, banded by community size. A modelled range built from published industry figures, not a measurement of Queens. Published industry ranges compiled from HOAManagement.com and iPropertyManagement fee guides, 2026.
Communities around Queens run large — 500 units and up — where management is closer to running a small business than administering a portfolio. On-site staffing, capital project oversight, and the depth of the financial package matter more than per-unit price, and the per-unit rate itself is usually the lowest of any band. At this scale the real comparison is between the teams the companies would actually assign, which is why BoardMatch asks every bidder to name them.
At Queens's typical size, ask for the org chart rather than the per-unit rate. The team a company would actually assign is what you are buying, and it is the thing least often written down. New York does not license managers, which means a license number proves nothing here and its absence proves nothing either. Ask instead for the named manager's CMCA, AMS or PCAM, dated certificates for general liability, errors and omissions, and a fidelity or crime bond, and the firm's own entity status.
Where those numbers come from
We publish market-level fee data only where we have enough verified proposals to stand behind it. Until then, here is what the published industry sources say nationally.
| Figure | Published range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Management fee, per unit per month | $10 – $20 | HOAManagement.com; iPropertyManagement |
| Premium or full-service, per unit per month | up to $50 | iPropertyManagement |
| Onboarding or initiation fee | $2,000 – $30,000 | HOAManagement.com; iPropertyManagement |
| Median monthly homeowner assessment (HOA or condo dues), US | $135 | US Census, 2024 ACS |
How deep the field is in Queens
Worth knowing before your Board sets expectations on how many proposals arrive.
Companies bidding here are matched on the service area they declare themselves — an office and a radius, whole states, or named ZIP codes — so the field is the set of firms that genuinely reach Queens, not a list of everyone in New York.
The nearest markets BoardMatch publishes are Ozone Park (under a mile), Woodhaven (1 mi) and Richmond Hill (1 mi). 12 published markets sit within 25 miles of Queens, so a company quoting here is almost certainly quoting there too — which is worth knowing, because a firm that is thin on capacity in one of them is thin on capacity in all of them.
We estimate 3,410 community associations in and around Queens. That is a modelled figure, not a register, and we show it so a Board can judge whether a thin field here reflects the market or reflects how few companies have declared coverage yet.
New York rules that apply here
The short version. The full statute, notice rules and licensing detail are on the New York pages.
In New York the governing body is a co-op or condominium and the person running it day to day is a managing agent. Proposals from companies that work here use those words; one that does not is usually a company entering the market rather than operating in it.
New York association lawNew York does not license community association managers, so credentials such as CMCA, AMS and PCAM, and the firm's own insurance position, carry the weight a license number would elsewhere.
Licensing detailQuestions Boards in Queens ask
How much do managing agents charge in Queens?
We do not have enough verified proposals in Queens to publish a local median, and we will not estimate one. The regional benchmark above puts a 500 units and up community in New York at about $10–$13 per unit per month — roughly $7.2k–$8.8k a month at that size — and that is a modelled figure for the region, not a measurement of Queens. Nationally, published industry sources put community association management at $10 to $20 per unit per month, rising to about $50 for premium or full-service arrangements, with onboarding fees anywhere from $2,000 to $30,000. Your actual number depends on unit count, service scope, and how much sits outside the base fee — which is exactly what a competitive round answers.
How many companies will actually bid in Queens?
Queens is 9 miles from New York City, and Management Companies work in radii rather than city limits, so the practical field here is set by who will drive it. The live number at the top of this page is how many have declared coverage of Queens today. Where a field is thin we say so in your report rather than presenting two proposals as a market survey.
How do we check a company's credentials in New York?
New York has no state licensing requirement for community association managers. That makes independent verification more important, not less. BoardMatch confirms the legal entity, collects and dates general liability, errors and omissions, and fidelity or crime bond certificates, and verifies individual designations through the issuing bodies. New York licensing in detail
Why don't you list Management Companies on this page?
A ranked list is the product every other site in this category sells, and the ranking is usually for sale. We take no advertising and no company can pay for placement. Why we work this way
How do we compare proposals that are quoted differently?
A per-door quote, a flat monthly quote and a percentage-of-budget quote describe three different things, and cannot be compared as written. BoardMatch normalizes all three and projects three years of total cost. How the comparison is built
Will companies start calling us, and what does this cost?
No calls: a company sees your scope and never your name, phone or email until your Board asks. Nothing at any stage for Boards — the company a Board selects pays one match fee. Pricing
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