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Insurance agencies in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area
How the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #157 of 387 scored metro areas
#20 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 555
- 108 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 371
- +11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $733.5M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,238 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.9
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 875,607
- +14.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,238 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area spend about $733.5M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 555 insurance agencies, that is $1.3M per agency, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area has 555 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 108 are chain locations, or 19%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.9, 8% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 371 businesses with payroll in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, up 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 884 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $10.4M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area.
Population estimates show the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area grew 14.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #157 of 387 scored metro areas and #20 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.9 | 17.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 884 | 808 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.4% | +13.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,238 | $2,265 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $76,107 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 371+11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,622
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $103.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 555108 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 584The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $10.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 875,607+14.4% since 2020
- Households
- 327,803
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 781 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,047
- Median household income
- $76,107+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,469
- Median home value
- $362,200
- Jobs located here
- 293,056
- Daytime population
- 793,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 87 | 44 | 6.3 | $3.2M | +21.1% | #14 of 387 |
| 2Sebring, FL | 86 | 42 | 9.0 | $2.4M | +9.7% | #17 of 387 |
| 3Homosassa Springs, FL | 83 | 75 | 10.5 | $2.2M | +11.1% | #23 of 387 |
| 4Punta Gorda, FL | 83 | 110 | 12.1 | $1.9M | +15.5% | #25 of 387 |
| 5Ocala, FL | 82 | 195 | 11.8 | $2M | +17.3% | #27 of 387 |
| 6Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 82 | 110 | 12.5 | $2M | +15.7% | #28 of 387 |
| 7Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 78 | 150 | 12.5 | $2M | +9.4% | #44 of 387 |
| 8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 78 | 252 | 12.5 | $2M | +6.5% | #47 of 387 |
| 9Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 77 | 343 | 11.6 | $2M | +11.2% | #51 of 387 |
| 10Gainesville, FL | 77 | 169 | 11.9 | $1.9M | +5.4% | #52 of 387 |
| 20Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 56 | 555 | 16.9 | $1.3M | +14.4% | #157 of 387 |
Other business types in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 555 insurance agencies in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area. 108 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 371 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $733.5M a year, or $2,238 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 555 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 327,803 households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area has 16.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area would have about 584, against 555 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 884 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area at 875,607 people in 2025, up 14.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,803 households. Median household income in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area is $76,107, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area scores 56 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #157 of 387 scored metro areas.
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