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Insurance agencies in the Redding, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Redding, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #289 of 387 scored metro areas
#21 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 125
- 30 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 74
- −1.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $139.5M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.5
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,648
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 125 insurance agencies in the Redding metro area. 30 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 17.5 per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Redding metro area comes to about $139.5M a year: $1,958 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per agency, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Redding metro area was 74 in 2023, down 1.3% from 2019. That is one for every 963 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $579K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Redding metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Redding metro area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in the Redding metro area is 33 (lower middle), #289 of 387 scored metro areas and #21 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Redding 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.
| Measure | Redding metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.5 | 17.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 963 | 973 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.3% | −4.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,958 | $1,926 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $72,636 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 74−1.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 338
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12530 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 111The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $579K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Redding 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 Redding metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,648−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 71,232
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,776 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $72,636+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,245
- Median home value
- $366,400
- Jobs located here
- 65,820
- Daytime population
- 181,391Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Merced, CA | 78 | 87 | 10.1 | $2M | +5.1% | #45 of 387 |
| 2Stockton-Lodi, CA | 72 | 326 | 13.3 | $1.6M | +5.5% | #70 of 387 |
| 3Yuba City, CA | 71 | 76 | 12.3 | $1.7M | +3.3% | #73 of 387 |
| 4Vallejo, CA | 69 | 193 | 12.3 | $1.7M | +0.6% | #85 of 387 |
| 5Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 65 | 2,142 | 14.8 | $1.5M | +3.5% | #106 of 387 |
| 6Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 64 | 55 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #108 of 387 |
| 7Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 62 | 369 | 13.0 | $1.5M | +2.3% | #123 of 387 |
| 8Visalia, CA | 57 | 213 | 14.9 | $1.4M | +2.4% | #145 of 387 |
| 9Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 53 | 259 | 13.6 | $1.5M | −0.4% | #168 of 387 |
| 10San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 50 | 150 | 13.7 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #181 of 387 |
| 21Redding, CA | 33 | 125 | 17.5 | $1.1M | −0.3% | #289 of 387 |
Other business types in the Redding 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 Redding, CA metro area?
The Redding metro area has 125 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 30 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 1.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Redding, CA metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $139.5M a year, or $1,958 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 125 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,232 households in the Redding metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Redding, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Redding metro area has 17.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Redding metro area would have about 111, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 963 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Redding, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Redding metro area at 181,648 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 71,232 households. The median household income in the Redding metro area is $72,636 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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 Redding metro area scores 33 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #289 of 387 scored metro areas.
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