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Insurance agencies in Merced County, CA
The insurance agencies in Merced County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #439 of 2,272 scored counties
#5 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 87
- 27 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 57
- −5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $175.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,036 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 60% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,260
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 87 insurance agencies in Merced County. 27 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.1, 35% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Merced County comes to about $175.2M a year: $2,036 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 60% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 57 businesses with payroll in Merced County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,510 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $681K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Merced County.
Population estimates show Merced County grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Merced County is 71 (upper middle), #439 of 2,272 scored counties and #5 of 53 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Merced 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 | Merced County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 17.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,510 | 973 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.0% | −4.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,036 | $1,926 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $65,510 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 60 → 57−5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 362
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8727 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 140The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $681K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Merced 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 Merced County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,260+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 86,055
- Median age
- 32.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 150
- Median household income
- $65,510+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,781
- Median home value
- $391,800
- Jobs located here
- 77,775
- Daytime population
- 255,124Residents 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 |
Other business types in Merced County
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 Merced County, CA?
There are 87 insurance agencies on map listings in Merced County as of September 2026. 27 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Merced County, CA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $175.2M a year, or $2,036 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 86,055 households in Merced County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merced County, CA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Merced County has 10.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 60% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Merced County would have about 140, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,510 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Merced County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Merced County at 297,260 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,055 households. The median household income in Merced County is $65,510 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. Merced County scores 71 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #439 of 2,272 scored counties.
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