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Insurance agencies in El Paso County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in El Paso County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,581 of 2,272 scored counties
#20 of 35 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 552
- 124 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 342
- +6.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $576.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,987 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.0
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 757,040
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 552 insurance agencies in El Paso County. Of those, 124 are chain locations, or 22%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 19.0 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in El Paso County spend about $576.7M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,987 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 552 insurance agencies, that is $1M per agency, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in El Paso County was 342 in 2023, up 6.9% from 2019. That is one for every 849 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in El Paso County.
Population estimates put the population change in El Paso County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, El Paso County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,581 of 2,272 scored counties and #20 of 35 scored counties in Colorado.
How El Paso County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 Paso County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.0 | 19.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 849 | 760 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.9% | −1.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,987 | $1,936 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $90,363 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 320 → 342+6.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,327
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $78.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 552124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 459The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in El Paso 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 Paso County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 757,040+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 290,190
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 349
- Median household income
- $90,363+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,684
- Median home value
- $461,000
- Jobs located here
- 284,746
- Daytime population
- 727,616Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Park County, CO | 86 | 6 | 6.7 | $3.6M | +5.1% | #110 of 2,272 |
| 2Grand County, CO | 76 | 5 | 6.7 | $3.3M | +4.8% | #306 of 2,272 |
| 3Elbert County, CO | 75 | 13 | 13.0 | $2.2M | +16.5% | #337 of 2,272 |
| 4Gunnison County, CO | 64 | 6 | 7.1 | $2.9M | +2.9% | #640 of 2,272 |
| 5Weld County, CO | 59 | 178 | 14.3 | $1.5M | +14.2% | #815 of 2,272 |
| 6Routt County, CO | 55 | 10 | 8.9 | $2.3M | +2.0% | #938 of 2,272 |
| 7Fremont County, CO | 55 | 24 | 13.4 | $1.5M | +2.4% | #960 of 2,272 |
| 8Archuleta County, CO | 55 | 10 | 16.9 | $1.3M | +6.6% | #971 of 2,272 |
| 9Eagle County, CO | 52 | 22 | 10.0 | $2.1M | −2.4% | #1,033 of 2,272 |
| 10Delta County, CO | 49 | 19 | 14.7 | $1.4M | +3.6% | #1,141 of 2,272 |
| 20El Paso County, CO | 37 | 552 | 19.0 | $1M | +3.2% | #1,581 of 2,272 |
Other business types in El Paso 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 El Paso County, CO?
There are 552 insurance agencies on map listings in El Paso County as of September 2026. 124 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 342 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 6.9% from 2019.
How much do households in El Paso County, CO spend on vehicle insurance?
About $576.7M a year, or $1,987 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 552 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 290,190 households in El Paso County and national spending patterns by income.
How does El Paso County, CO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
El Paso County has 19.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, El Paso County would have about 459, against 552 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 849 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is El Paso County, CO growing?
Population estimates put El Paso County at 757,040 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 290,190 households. The median household income in El Paso County is $90,363 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. El Paso County scores 37 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,581 of 2,272 scored counties.
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