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Insurance agencies in the Flagstaff, AZ metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Flagstaff, AZ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #121 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 59
- 12 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- −32.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $105.5M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,914 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 144,368
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Flagstaff metro area spend about $105.5M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,914 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per agency, 42% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The Flagstaff metro area has 59 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 39 businesses with payroll in the Flagstaff metro area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 32.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,413 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $39K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Flagstaff metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Flagstaff metro area declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Flagstaff metro area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #121 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.
How the Flagstaff metro area compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Flagstaff metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 16.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,413 | 1,004 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −32.8% | +0.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,914 | $1,858 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $72,966 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39−32.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 153
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5912 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $39K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Flagstaff metro area, 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 the Flagstaff metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 144,368−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 55,118
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 18,616 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $72,966+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,878
- Median home value
- $448,000
- Jobs located here
- 59,472
- Daytime population
- 148,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Flagstaff metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 78 | 99 | 9.7 | $2M | +6.5% | #46 of 387 |
| 2Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 73 | 123 | 11.1 | $1.8M | +6.5% | #64 of 387 |
| 3Yuma, AZ | 70 | 93 | 11.7 | $1.5M | +9.2% | #80 of 387 |
| 4Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 69 | 54 | 10.6 | $1.9M | +0.6% | #82 of 387 |
| 5Flagstaff, AZ | 62 | 59 | 10.7 | $1.8M | −0.6% | #121 of 387 |
| 6Tucson, AZ | 46 | 620 | 14.2 | $1.2M | +2.8% | #211 of 387 |
| 7Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 40 | 3,386 | 17.9 | $1M | +7.3% | #249 of 387 |
Other business types in the Flagstaff metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Flagstaff, AZ metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 59 insurance agencies in the Flagstaff metro area. 12 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 32.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Flagstaff, AZ metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $105.5M a year, or $1,914 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,118 households in the Flagstaff metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Flagstaff, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Flagstaff metro area has 10.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.8M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Flagstaff metro area would have about 84, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,413 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 32.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Flagstaff, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Flagstaff metro area at 144,368 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,118 households. Median household income in the Flagstaff metro area is $72,966, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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. The Flagstaff metro area scores 62 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #121 of 387 scored metro areas.
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