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Insurance agencies in Tehama County, CA
How Tehama County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #643 of 2,272 scored counties
#10 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 20
- 8 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,985 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 96% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,665
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,985 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Tehama County spend about $49.2M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 96% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 20 insurance agencies on map listings in Tehama County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Tehama County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,771 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Tehama County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, Tehama County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #643 of 2,272 scored counties and #10 of 53 scored counties in California.
How Tehama 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 | Tehama County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 17.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,771 | 973 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,985 | $1,926 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $63,784 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 208 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Tehama 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 Tehama County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,665−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,788
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,949 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $63,784+43.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,910
- Median home value
- $339,600
- Jobs located here
- 18,377
- Daytime population
- 57,669Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Tehama County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 insurance agencies in Tehama County. 8 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Tehama County, CA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $49.2M a year, or $1,985 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,788 households in Tehama County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tehama County, CA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Tehama County has 8.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.5M, 96% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Tehama County would have about 39, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,771 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Tehama County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Tehama County at 64,665 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,788 households. Median household income in Tehama County is $63,784, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.3%, 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. Tehama County scores 64 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #643 of 2,272 scored counties.
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