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Insurance agencies in Shelby County, AL
How Shelby County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,263 of 2,272 scored counties
#48 of 54 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 225
- 52 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 130
- +9.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $241.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,781 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.9
- 66% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 238,552
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Shelby County comes to about $241.6M a year: $2,781 per household, 42% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per agency, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Shelby County has 225 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 25.9 for every 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 130 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Shelby County in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019. That is one for every 668 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $278K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Shelby County.
Population estimates put the population change in Shelby County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Shelby County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,263 of 2,272 scored counties and #48 of 54 scored counties in Alabama.
How Shelby County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle insurance by the insurance agencies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Shelby County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.9 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 668 | 1,150 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.2% | +1.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,781 | $2,568 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $97,961 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 119 → 130+9.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 454
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22552 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 192The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $278K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Shelby County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 238,552+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 86,866
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 785 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 293
- Median household income
- $97,961+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,135
- Median home value
- $326,100
- Jobs located here
- 95,355
- Daytime population
- 222,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chilton County, AL | 92 | 16 | 9.0 | $3.2M | +5.9% | #33 of 2,272 |
| 2St. Clair County, AL | 91 | 41 | 11.7 | $2.5M | +7.1% | #51 of 2,272 |
| 3Lawrence County, AL | 90 | 11 | 8.1 | $3.8M | +2.3% | #54 of 2,272 |
| 4Randolph County, AL | 90 | 7 | 7.6 | $3.7M | +4.8% | #55 of 2,272 |
| 5Elmore County, AL | 89 | 29 | 8.8 | $3.2M | +4.2% | #69 of 2,272 |
| 6Cherokee County, AL | 86 | 12 | 11.8 | $2.4M | +5.8% | #117 of 2,272 |
| 7Bibb County, AL | 85 | 5 | 6.5 | $4.4M | +0.4% | #122 of 2,272 |
| 8Blount County, AL | 85 | 24 | 10.8 | $2.7M | +1.8% | #131 of 2,272 |
| 9Limestone County, AL | 85 | 53 | 12.9 | $2.2M | +18.0% | #135 of 2,272 |
| 10Jackson County, AL | 84 | 24 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +3.3% | #146 of 2,272 |
| 48Shelby County, AL | 46 | 225 | 25.9 | $1.1M | +6.5% | #1,263 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Shelby County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Shelby County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 225 insurance agencies in Shelby County. 52 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 130 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Shelby County, AL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $241.6M a year, or $2,781 per household. That is 42% above the U.S. average (an index of 142, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 225 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 86,866 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, AL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Shelby County has 25.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Shelby County would have about 192, against 225 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 668 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 238,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,866 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $97,961, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Shelby County scores 46 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,263 of 2,272 scored counties.
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