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Insurance agencies in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 15 out of 100: Low

Ranked #380 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
9,193
1,757 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
5,786
−1.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$8.3B
On vehicle insurance · $1,852 a household
Spending per listing
$907K
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.4
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,844,441
−2.6% 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

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area scores 15 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #380 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9,193 insurance agencies in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 20.4 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $1,852 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area spend about $8.3B a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $907K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area was 5,786 in 2023, down 1.9% from 2019. That is one for every 778 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 145 SBA-backed loans worth $97.8M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area 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.

Insurance agencies in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.417.215.6
Spending per listing$907K$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment778973966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−1.9%−4.0%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,852$1,926$1,957
Median household income$95,958$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score1534

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5,786−1.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
31,913
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
9,1931,757 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6,638The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
145
Amount
$97.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
12,844,441−2.6% since 2020
Households
4,499,409
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
48%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
4,854 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,673
Median household income
$95,958+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$135,506
Median home value
$871,300
Jobs located here
6,588,635
Daytime population
13,463,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in California, with the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Merced, CA788710.1$2M+5.1%#45 of 387
2Stockton-Lodi, CA7232613.3$1.6M+5.5%#70 of 387
3Yuba City, CA717612.3$1.7M+3.3%#73 of 387
4Vallejo, CA6919312.3$1.7M+0.6%#85 of 387
5Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA652,14214.8$1.5M+3.5%#106 of 387
6Hanford-Corcoran, CA645512.5$1.6M+1.0%#108 of 387
7Bakersfield-Delano, CA6236913.0$1.5M+2.3%#123 of 387
8Visalia, CA5721314.9$1.4M+2.4%#145 of 387
9Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA5325913.6$1.5M−0.4%#168 of 387
10San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA5015013.7$1.5M0.0%#181 of 387
25Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA159,19320.4$907K−2.6%#380 of 387

Other business types in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area

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Questions

How many insurance agencies are in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area?

There are 9,193 insurance agencies on map listings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area as of September 2026. 1,757 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 5,786 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 1.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area spend on vehicle insurance?

About $8.3B a year, or $1,852 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9,193 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $907K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,499,409 households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 20.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $907K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area would have about 6,638, against 9,193 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 778 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area at 12,844,441 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,499,409 households. The median household income in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is $95,958 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area scores 15 for insurance agencies (low), #380 of 387 scored metro areas.

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