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Insurance agencies in DeSoto County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in DeSoto County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #128 of 2,272 scored counties
#7 of 61 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 10
- 3 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,240 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,078
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
DeSoto County scores 85 (high) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #128 of 2,272 scored counties and #7 of 61 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for insurance agencies.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in DeSoto County comes to about $28.7M a year: $2,240 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Spread across 10 insurance agencies, that is $2.9M per agency, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
DeSoto County has 10 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 50% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in DeSoto County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,137 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $175K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in DeSoto County. Population estimates show DeSoto County grew 8.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How DeSoto County 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 | DeSoto County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 17.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,137 | 808 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,240 | $2,265 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $54,417 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 103 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $175K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in DeSoto 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 DeSoto County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,078+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 12,824
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $54,417+53.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,542
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 9,687
- Daytime population
- 32,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wakulla County, FL | 96 | 6 | 4.7 | $5.9M | +12.3% | #6 of 2,272 |
| 2Santa Rosa County, FL | 90 | 65 | 9.0 | $3.1M | +11.7% | #59 of 2,272 |
| 3Nassau County, FL | 89 | 38 | 9.7 | $2.7M | +17.4% | #73 of 2,272 |
| 4Suwannee County, FL | 88 | 14 | 8.7 | $2.9M | +10.6% | #84 of 2,272 |
| 5Gulf County, FL | 86 | 5 | 8.4 | $3M | +11.7% | #113 of 2,272 |
| 6Washington County, FL | 85 | 5 | 5.4 | $5M | +5.4% | #121 of 2,272 |
| 7DeSoto County, FL | 85 | 10 | 7.8 | $2.9M | +8.8% | #128 of 2,272 |
| 8Putnam County, FL | 84 | 21 | 6.7 | $3.5M | +5.9% | #137 of 2,272 |
| 9Clay County, FL | 84 | 80 | 9.6 | $2.8M | +9.4% | #143 of 2,272 |
| 10Sumter County, FL | 83 | 44 | 6.3 | $3.2M | +21.1% | #158 of 2,272 |
Other business types in DeSoto 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 DeSoto County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 insurance agencies in DeSoto County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in DeSoto County, FL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $28.7M a year, or $2,240 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,824 households in DeSoto County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeSoto County, FL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
DeSoto County has 7.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.9M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, DeSoto County would have about 23, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,137 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is DeSoto County, FL growing?
Population estimates put DeSoto County at 37,078 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,824 households. Median household income in DeSoto County is $54,417, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 53.6%, 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. DeSoto County scores 85 for insurance agencies (high), #128 of 2,272 scored counties.
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