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Insurance agencies in El Dorado County, CA
The insurance agencies in El Dorado County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #996 of 2,272 scored counties
#23 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 122
- 16 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- −11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $165.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,175 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.0
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 192,323
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in El Dorado County comes to about $165.7M a year: $2,175 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 122 insurance agencies, that is $1.4M per agency, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
El Dorado County has 122 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 16.0 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in El Dorado County was 48 in 2023, down 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,587 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in El Dorado County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of El Dorado County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). El Dorado County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #996 of 2,272 scored counties and #23 of 53 scored counties in California.
How El Dorado County compares
The same measures for California 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 | El Dorado County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.0 | 17.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,587 | 973 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.1% | −4.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,175 | $1,926 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $108,845 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54 → 48−11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 176
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12216 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 132The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in El Dorado 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 El Dorado County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 192,323+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 76,185
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,708 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 113
- Median household income
- $108,845+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $150,330
- Median home value
- $679,900
- Jobs located here
- 57,451
- Daytime population
- 166,597Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 87 | 10 | 3.5 | $5.9M | +8.2% | #92 of 2,272 |
| 2Calaveras County, CA | 81 | 13 | 7.1 | $3.3M | +2.8% | #194 of 2,272 |
| 3San Benito County, CA | 73 | 25 | 12.2 | $2M | +8.6% | #393 of 2,272 |
| 4Lake County, CA | 72 | 17 | 6.3 | $3.3M | −0.6% | #407 of 2,272 |
| 5Merced County, CA | 71 | 87 | 10.1 | $2M | +5.1% | #439 of 2,272 |
| 6Yolo County, CA | 69 | 73 | 9.5 | $2M | +3.1% | #502 of 2,272 |
| 7Amador County, CA | 66 | 18 | 11.2 | $1.9M | +3.2% | #590 of 2,272 |
| 8Inyo County, CA | 65 | 5 | 6.2 | $3.1M | −4.4% | #605 of 2,272 |
| 9Colusa County, CA | 65 | 6 | 8.0 | $2.7M | −0.1% | #609 of 2,272 |
| 10Tehama County, CA | 64 | 20 | 8.1 | $2.5M | −1.7% | #643 of 2,272 |
| 23El Dorado County, CA | 54 | 122 | 16.0 | $1.4M | +0.6% | #996 of 2,272 |
Other business types in El Dorado County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in El Dorado County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 122 insurance agencies in El Dorado County. 16 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 11.1% from 2019.
How much do households in El Dorado County, CA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $165.7M a year, or $2,175 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 76,185 households in El Dorado County and national spending patterns by income.
How does El Dorado County, CA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
El Dorado County has 16.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.4M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, El Dorado County would have about 132, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,587 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is El Dorado County, CA growing?
Population estimates put El Dorado County at 192,323 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,185 households. Median household income in El Dorado County is $108,845, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. El Dorado County scores 54 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #996 of 2,272 scored counties.
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