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Insurance agencies in Anchorage Municipality, AK

How Anchorage Municipality, AK 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,134 of 2,272 scored counties
#5 of 6 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
121
28 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
78
−9.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$197.7M
On vehicle insurance · $1,820 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,155
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,820 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $197.7M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 30% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

There are 121 insurance agencies on map listings in Anchorage Municipality as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, 29% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Anchorage Municipality in 2023, down 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,392 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $360K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Anchorage Municipality.

Population estimates show Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Anchorage Municipality is 49 (lower middle), #1,134 of 2,272 scored counties and #5 of 6 scored counties in Alaska.

How Anchorage Municipality compares

The same measures for Alaska 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.

Insurance agencies in Anchorage Municipality, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureAnchorage MunicipalityAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.19.215.6
Spending per listing$1.6M$2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,3921,528966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−9.3%−6.3%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,820$1,832$1,957
Median household income$103,284$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score4971

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
86 → 78−9.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
692
Annual payroll, 2023
$62.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
12128 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
157The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$360K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality

Population, 2025 estimate
287,155−1.3% since 2020
Households
108,597
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,707 sq. mi.
People per square mile
169
Median household income
$103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,200
Median home value
$395,900
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK724611.5$1.9M+10.4%#418 of 2,272
2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK71229.0$2.3M+5.1%#431 of 2,272
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK56359.6$2M−1.4%#900 of 2,272
4Juneau City and Borough, AK5596.8$2.6M−1.8%#937 of 2,272
5Anchorage Municipality, AK4912111.1$1.6M−1.3%#1,134 of 2,272
6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK36610.5$1.6M−2.6%#1,591 of 2,272

Other business types in Anchorage Municipality

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 121 insurance agencies in Anchorage Municipality. 28 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 9.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on vehicle insurance?

About $197.7M a year, or $1,820 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 121 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Anchorage Municipality has 11.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.6M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 157, against 121 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,392 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?

Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 49 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,134 of 2,272 scored counties.

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